Many people living in one day at a time recovery believe when we fall into the trap of blaming others for our disorders we are harboring the reality of resentment. In other words we are saying that blame creates bitterness and bitterness steals the reality of whatever joy we might find in life. We become unware of the freedom we find while living life one day at a time. In recovery most of us discover the reality of forgiveness be it people, places, or institutions that we forgive. When we are able to do so we become free of resentment and learn the reality of letting go. When we do let go we are free to experience joy, peace, and love. Blame, bitterness, and resentment fade away. Life becomes lived in the present. We deserve to be happy. We own it. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery most certainly understand that we will develop reasonable expectations when reality unwinds. Such a reality is that while in our pain and our difficulties we will often lack the ability to accept that we are a small part of the big picture and that the universe is unfolding as it should. Often we become bitter and frustrated because we cannot be more, see more, or do more. Life, age, and recovery are a funny thing. Adaptation (which is a wonderful thing) makes it easier to have reasonable expectations and accept reality as it unfolds. Often we are learning lessons in the realities of life and humility. Acceptance brings us to the reality of being enough. We don’t need to be any more. It’s a simple gratifying spiritual endeavor. Peace.
Most people living in one day at a time recovery understand that the reality of life lets us know that struggles are guaranteed. To believe otherwise would mean we are living a delusional existence in which our struggles become so centered in self that we cannot even recognize that our adversities are keeping us from living the reality of our own lives. For those of us who know this reality understand that active addiction has stolen our souls and has taken away any iota that we might have had in regards to the reality of finding true happiness. The loss of ourselves is a tragedy. When we recognize struggles are guaranteed we have the ability to seek for and also find help. Our new found reality becomes the really real and we become mentors for truth. It becomes our gift. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand when life and reality give us little choice but to take time to consider and weigh our options. This usually happens to us when our own personal salvation project seems to no longer be working and we find our backs totally pressed up against the wall. In such situations many of us find ourselves in need of support founded in the reality of grace without judgement. It seems to be that instinct (faith) directs us into prayer while guiding us to reach out to other recovering people just to get a break from the struggle that has backed us up against the wall. A good dose of empathy from a supportive soul goes a long way in helping us find a better reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery are familiar with the phenomena of spiritual stumbling blocks. This is a reality to all people and it is the reality of struggle or a principal of the Buddha which is life is suffering. Some would say we all have a cross to carry. Perhaps, in reality, it is the gifts of imperfection. Such gifts keep us from being able to claim spiritual superiority as individuals or as any group of people. These stumbling blocks can become the taming of the ego. This is evident to us as we grow older and perhaps become a bit more loving, kinder and caring. This is the reality of humility. Perhaps we don’t understand as to why we must experience the reality of spiritual stumbling blocks but our lives and our recovery reveal to us their reality. Maybe they just bring us closer to each other. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery live our lives holding on to reality. Reality tells us we need to take care of ourselves. Recovery tells us we need to try and help others. If we are paying attention we understand that if we are holding on to reality we will discover we are living a life of selfless selfishness. In as such some of us thought we were being unique but sooner or later we do discover most communities are based on this concept. When we take care of ourselves we can help others. When we try to do this we believe we are making God, the spirit, or the universe smile, and through such efforts we are making the world a better place. We hold on to this reality one day at a time. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that the simplicity and freedom of enough helps most of us to find a state of mind in which we can be spiritually stable one day at a time. When life is nothing but struggle spiritual stability is difficult to find because life becomes a battlefield in which our minds seek control and conquest over that which interferes and threatens what we perceive to be what we need to survive. In our recovery we know we are people living in humility who need our basic needs met. This can become a boost (an aid) in helping us to find the spiritual stability that one day at a time recovery brings to us. What we need to understand is when we find freedom from active addiction we become resilient and grateful people the who understand simplicity of joy. Peace.
Many of us who live in one day at a time understand that our lives have become reflections of recovery after we sift through the realities of our learned knowledge which comes to us through the experiences of our lives. Some people who are new to recovery call this wisdom born in and from the recovery we have discovered after living in active addiction. What those of us who have been in recovery for a fair amount of time in recovery believe is that there is no knowledge without recovery, growth, and grace. Our reality is time takes time and there is nothing truer than this. In our reflections reality tells us that we share a common endeavor which is to help others find one day at a time recovery. In truth we are mirrors of each other. Recovery is an ongoing learning experience. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of being spiritually resilient beings. We cannot help but being so because there were and are times in our lives that we either walked or will walk through hell. Nonetheless recovery has a way of letting us know and appreciate that we have touched a piece of heaven in our journeys which can be joyous occasions even if such occasions are the simple reality of living in the freedom from active addiction. Spiritually resilient beings also know the gift of being okay which is a common reality for us. We become so for no other reason than we just do. We become or are becoming grateful people sprinkled with a dash of humility who understand grace. It is or will be our reality. Peace.
Some people living one day at a time recovery live their lives as grateful people. Many of them believe that gratitude is a practiced and living outlook on life. Although gratitude is not a perpetual endeavor, those who learn to access it are healthier people who are more content. These people are the people who deal with adversity better. They adapt and overcome life’s struggles easier than ungrateful people. In addition to this, they do not practice toxic positivity because they understand the realities of life. They know that life is hard. Many of us have reaped the benefit of their understanding, and their recovery. We imitate their practice and their contented outlook upon life. One day at a time we become healthier, contented people. We know the realities of life but our views of the human condition becomes more hopeful. And in all our reality we see how our growth is changing our lives. When we look at what has happened, or is happening, we realize we are envisioning, or have envisioned happiness. We even see this as a large part of our lives in the future. We are grateful people living life one day at a time. Peace.