Many people living in one day at a time recovery know everyday brings hope. We don’t have to feel, experience, or absolutely understand how we have hope. It’s not a matter of faith, trust, good deeds, or anything that we have done that merits us this reality. There is hope everyday because of pain, sickness, death, and tragedy. It is because chains, terror, cruelty, and ill will supersede any act of decency or kindness. It is because want gets twisted into greed, addiction, and to the very least obsessive want. It’s because life gets so selfish we don’t even care enough to share the air that we breathe or the water that we drink. It’s because we wage war with our neighbors because we want what they have or they are a threat to our sanctimonious belief of ourselves, our God, and our society. Everyday we awaken we know this pain, this wrong, and this truth. We shed the tears, we heave the sighs, we sob the sobs, and we know the dark deep days of depression. But still we sing, we smile, we work, we laugh, and we can be exceedingly grateful. People marry or form unions of togetherness. Kindness and charity is a part of our lives. Children are born and they sing their funny rhymes. And even poets can smile. What else could we do but believe their is hope everyday. Hope is because it has to be. It’s a kin to love. There is no other reality.
Those of us living in one day at a time recovery appreciate the joy of sober, sunny, smiling mornings. These are the mornings we courageously welcome while knowing that grace is shinning down on us. In all reality gratitude is ever so abundant in our hearts, our minds, and our souls that we embrace each moment. Often we experience times of progressive contemplation when all seems right in the world. Our endeavor is to live this day in abstinence and enjoy the reality of living in one day at a time recovery. It’s what life is all about. Peace.
Many of us living in one day at a time recovery understand that we have no moral high ground to stand on should we try to assert ourselves as being morally superior to others. If we have ever inventoried ourselves in particular to yesterday’s motives and yesterday’s actions most of us have no difficulty in accepting this. In our journeys of one day at a time recovery we eventually understand the growing virtuous reality that we are becoming part of and that compassion is part of that reality. This becomes evident when we judge less and love more. Especially in regards to ourselves. Should we do this we become kinder and gentler to others and we do this with our feet planted on level and common ground. It’s all about grace. It has become our reality. Peace.
Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery eventually understand that we come to a part in our journey that we knowingly participate in the reality of doing. When we get here we understand the reality of grace and that our loved ones, and other people who are supports to us, are on our side. They eventually see that we are not just talking the talk. They see we are walking the walk. What we need to understand is that it takes time to get here. Up until then we have been floating around in a fog. As the fog lifts we get to see that we are living the reality of doing recovery which gifts us with a reality to be of help to others. It’s all part of one day at a time recovery. Peace.
People living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of letting our ears hear and our eyes see. If we are people who decide that we want recovery and we have heard there are people who have found hope in the rooms of recovery, we might decide to check out just how they did it. In our early experiences in these rooms we might hear that they have surrendered to the idea that they find and remain abstinent one day at a time. And they tell us to keep on coming back. Hopefully, if we are capable of letting our ears hear, we will do just that. We keep on coming back. Now if we keep on coming back we will see the reality of recovery working in these people’s lives. Through the reality of their past experience we will see our own realities. If we let ourselves see, we will also become witnesses to the happiness, joy, and freedom found in these rooms. These people tell us it’s their reality found in one day at a time living. It is time we pay attention. It can be our saving grace. Peace.
Those of us living in one day at a time recovery know we have been sick for long enough. In other words we have done enough research. In order to become well, we know we must surrender to this. For those of us who have adverse reactions to booze and pot, it is our experience that we use neither of the two anymore. Why would we say that? We say this because using either, or both, induces irrational thoughts and behaviors. Some say that they can mimic psychosis. Some say they induce a true psychosis. In all reality, they make us sick, and because of this we surrender to abstinence one day at a time. We also find that we cannot stop when we start. With them come the delusion of control, and other forms of unreal thinking. We also succumb to irresponsible thoughts and actions. When we realize the way they have been affecting us many of us reach out for help. Most of us bottom out. Our realization is that we have done enough research, and we don’t need to do anymore. It usually takes a bit of time in one day at a time recovery to be able to grasp such thoughts. And it doesn’t matter that it’s legal. They are destroying our lives. So we reach out and get help. It’s not hard to find. Be well today. Peace.
Most of us living in one day at a time recovery know that our journey eventually becomes an adventure in reality. The reality we discover is the eventual understanding that we no longer live responding to every beck and call of our sensitive and fearful egos nor do we act upon every misinformed judgement developed by our underdeveloped thoughts. We get to experience glimpses of non-prejudicial thinking and become more than familiar with our true-selves. We become loving and concerned souls. When we find ourselves under the skies of reality we know grace. We become truly grateful. We are learning what one day at a time living is all about. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the experience of fearing that we might appear weak. In other words we live our lives trying to hide our fear because if we show fear, someone, or something, will go for the jugular. It’s the same feeling we had when we were kids being confronted by the neighborhood bully. If we acknowledge we need help, and if we ask for help, we are not only doing the smart thing, we are doing the brave thing. Brave people ask for help when they need it. We learn a true reality which is showing vulnerability is not weakness. Neither is being afraid. We can’t expect to move mountains all by ourselves. And this is what living in one day at a time recovery is all about which is that sometimes we have to move mountains. We learn to reach out for support. Togetherness is a gift. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the feelings of experiencing apprehensive reality. Apprehensive reality makes us think twice before we quickly, without much thought, jump into a situation of where we have been told, ” This is a place where angels fear to tread.” It is not the reality of exploring new horizons that are full of golden roads and milk and honey. It is the reality of risky situations that can lead us into harm or perhaps even relapse. When facing such realities we need to practice caution (for instance being asked to do an intervention all by ourselves). Experience and apprehension tell us not to do this. We are apprehensive for a reason. We need not go where angels fear to tread. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of the divisions in life and time. Such divisions are what we call yesterday, tomorrow, and today. Neither yesterday or tomorrow are realities we should be currently living in. In some of our realities both places are troublesome to occupy. They bring with them the ill feelings of ill adventures. They are the difficult periods of life that no longer, or do not yet, exist. They separate us from what is the actuality of today. Living in today and occupying the present moment becomes our defense against such divisions. As difficult as it may seem, we have no other choice. We need to accept this. It’s about living in grace, or what we call the present. It’s a gift. Peace.