Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of life being a careful celebration. The old adage of let down your hair, be free, and get wasted is no longer a pursuit of ours. We know this from the wreckage we caused during our days of living in active addiction. Today our celebrations are careful and free events where we let down our hair but we do not get wasted. How do we do this? We remain abstinent by choosing to not pick up that first one. In other words we do not use. Most of us choose to avoid gathering with people who are consuming. It’s our reality. It is safer to celebrate with people who are not using. It just is. We know this from experience. We know life is a careful celebration that brings freedom and we know freedom is a wonderful gift. This is our truest reality. Peace.
