Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of being sick. Addiction and living with mental health disorders is not a reckoning of how cool we are, how strong we are, or how unique we are. Being sick is a debilitating and difficult condition that causes us to reach out for help both professional and peer in order that we may become healthy enough to function at a level where we can be relatively independent and successful in living a life of recovery and reality. The grace that we receive from other human beings and a higher power which we might call God, the spirit, or the universe makes it possible that we can be well. When we find wellness we’re aware of the grace we have received and are receiving. We become grateful. Not everyone finds recovery. We are the lucky ones. Peace.
