Many people living life one day at a time know the reality of recovering in kindness and in grace. Kindness and grace are the foothills to the freedoms of abstinence and sober minded reality. Recovering from addiction while living in kindness and in grace we discover that resilience is often the result of struggle or joy, and such resilience brings with it the acceptance that kindness and grace are important lessons in how we should treat ourselves and others as we navigate the adversities and joys that we will experience one day at a time. If we are paying attention we cannot help but realize while living in kindness and in grace we share a great freedom with others who are living in one day at a time recovery which is that kindness and grace connects us all in a gifted experience of the really real. We become grateful. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of experiencing a broken hallelujah. This is the reality of hitting a bottom which in turn led us to finding one day at a time recovery. We have heard each other speak of this life-changing event with humble but broken gratitude. What we understand was we had to get sick enough to sincerely reach out for help. In this we found the gift of desperation which led us to find the inextricable connection between recovering people. We understand how the pain of our brokenness led us to a day at a time freedom and reality. Our lives are a paradox. For this we exclaim our broken, “Hallelujah!” We become living grace. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know what it is like to live in the middle of being. When we are in the middle of being we are immersed wholly and intentionally in the on-goings and the responsibilities of life, recovery, and one day at a time reality. When we are living in abstinence we are functional and productive people living life benefitting from the reality of living in one day at a time recovery while trying not only to help ourselves but also trying to help those who seek the reality of one day at a time recovery. What we come to understand is that as we live in the middle of being we abundantly and purposefully live our lives giving and receiving grace one day at a time. We experience and understand the importance of gratitude. It keeps us alive and well. Peace.
Most people living in one day at a time recovery know that life is not perfect. Nonetheless most of us know what it is like to live in the midst of love. When we are living in the midst of love we know the value of self-worth which teaches the reality of inherent dignity which means we treat ourselves, and everyone else, with the respect and the dignity that we expect ourselves to find within a world that lives and thrives within the midst of love. What we discover is compassion and kindness become a part of our life. Both in giving and receiving. When we are living in one day at a time recovery we understand that living in the midst of love is living in the gift of grace. It becomes our reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery develop the skill of seeing past our troubles. Living with a dash of resilience and a sprinkling of hope life and recovery have taught us the reality of this too shall pass. The difficulty of this too shall pass is it just doesn’t seem to pass quick enough. Hopefully we understand this is a common reaction to adversity. What we need to know is that we are not losing our minds. Reality and recovery let us know this and because of this many of us use and rely on a centering prayer such as the “Serenity Prayer” which can lead to acceptance, or courage, or wisdom. When troubled many of us seek out emotional support. We just need to be heard. Life can be hard but it is doable. We need to know this. Peace.
Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery understand that it is the therapists who do the therapy. Kind hearted recovering people understand all we have to share with others is our experience, our strength, and our hope. Should we try to take on the role of a therapist we could be harming those we are trying to help. Therapists are trained professionals who know how to hear what we as untrained people are unable to hear. Therapists pick up the meaning of certain body language cues. Trained professional understand to a much greater degree that when they are working with someone that time takes time. They also have treatment options that we probably know nothing about. For us we know recovery is one day at a time. We listen over coffee. We can be supportive but we let the professionals do what they do. It’s our basic reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand a time that we lived our lives acting in the reality of insane thinking. What we have come to realize is that if we were were to subscribe to the non-reality of insanity we had to believe our insanity was in actuality unsound thinking. What we came to discover was that our disorders created such chaos in our lives we could not see how unsound our reality really was. When we come to terms with this we have to see that we are people who are capable of finding good health when we discover one day at a time abstinence and recovery. Sometimes it is abstinence alone which restores our sanity. Sometimes we need abstinence and medication. Many of us need 12 step recovery. Join us in the rooms of recovery where we help each other become well again. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of a founded togetherness. This founded togetherness lets us know that the unmanageability that active addiction brings to our lives causes us to reach out as unmanageability brings with it such a desperation that we had no choice but to reach out for help. We do so in detoxes, rehabs, hospitals, and by visiting the rooms of recovery. In doing so we learn our chances of finding recovery grows when we participate in life as we find a foundation of abstinence. We learn that recovery is not easy but recovery and life become doable as we participate in togetherness. This is being responsible. Responsibility will become a gift. It’s all about togetherness. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of spiritual development. As we develop spiritually we become people who enter the world of recovery and reality. We become responsible people. As we become more and more responsible those who are close to us become grateful for our one day at a time recovery. Their worries lessen. They often find joy in our developing wellness. We too become grateful people. Gratitude in the making brings with it the experience of joy. When we understand this we take joy in other people’s joy. We become grateful people who understand that gratitude brings with it joy. It’s all part of spiritual development. It’s a gift. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that there are times when life becomes hectic, stressful, and abundantly overwhelming and we know that this can lead to bouts of anxiety which lead us into bouts of panic or even full blown panic attacks. This is not a comfortable place to be. What we need to realize is that we need to remain abstinent when this happens. When we remain abstinent subtle relief often makes its way into our lives. Often we need to breathe or find our breath. We need to go for a walk. We need to talk to someone we can trust and we might even need to take some responsibilities or endeavors off of our plate. Some of us use centering prayer. Some of us just say help hoping for divine intervention or grace to take place. It’s a day by day thing. Hold on. Relief will come. Peace.