People new to one day at a time recovery are often aspiring to catch the rain. When we are there (then), every tear that we had shed and every fear that we had felt would end soon because now we had it all together. After all isn’t that what one day at a time recovery is all about. We also believed our new found recovery would mend all the wrongs we had done. We believed we were pinnacles of recovery who could save so many others from their own despair. Today we realize we were just trying to catch the rain. Now that we have a bit more experience with recovery, we know to come in out of the rain instead of trying to catch it. And the rain will fall. Have no doubt. The tears will be less, and the fears have to be challenged. In all reality we learn to live with, and through them. We will try and mend the wrongs we have done (sometimes we will and sometimes we can’t). As for being pinnacles of recovery, we are doing much better, but most of us aren’t role models. We too can fall. Another reality is even though we are doing much better, no-one has it all together all the time. One day at a time becomes a beautiful journey, and very often we experience the happy, joyous and free that people experience. We now know when to take shelter, and in knowing this we are aware of the grace that we have had, and are now receiving. God, the spirit, or the Universe is our friend. Illusions fade. This is what one day at a time recovery is all about. Peace.
