For most of us living in one day at a time recovery we understand that finding and living in recovery is a reality for everyone. Recovery is not limited to only white, straight, evangelical Christian men just like hitting bottom is not limited to only white, straight, evangelical Christian men. One day at a time recovery is recovery and bottoming out is bottoming out. When we understand this we will understand that we are all inextricably connected to each other and that many people living in recovery actually live in glass houses. We really don’t want to throw stones do we. A one day at a time reality check teaches us this. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery live under a patched up sky. This is the reality of living a mended life. Not only does it take the love of God, the spirit or the universe to help us heal but we also need the love of people we are akin with. Many of us have found such love in the openness and the honesty from people we have met in the rooms of recovery. They have shared their experience, strength and hope with us. When we start to see, and when we start to hear, we understand we are the recipients of compassionate love. Such acts help to patch up the holes in our sky and in doing so our skies are often sunny and blue. We get to understand the freedom of one day at a time recovery. We even get to experience this freedom should our skies cloud over and the rain start to fall. Our reality is that our patched up sky can handle the rain because God, the spirit and the universe working through those we are akin with have helped us to find shelter from the rain by helping us to build a home in the rooms of one day at a time recovery. This freedom we have is the joy of living under a patched up sky. It’s one of the greatest gifts we will experience. We’ve received our lives back. Peace.
Most of us living in one day at a time recovery know what it it is like to be living in reality and to be participating in the actual doing of life. Often we believe that to be successfully participating in the actual doing of life we must be able to work full-time regardless of any barriers that might realistically make such tasks too difficult for some people to do. In reality we know navigating such demands without realistic supports are impossible for many of us. What we know is part-time and volunteer work are just a couple of ways to successfully participate in the actual doing in life. They fill an important need. We just need the opportunity. We all need to know this. Peace.
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.