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.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery cope with life better now that they have learned certain realities. One of these realities is we have to deal with difficult conditions. Some of us are pretty resilient in doing so. Another reality is some of us, like many others, struggle with difficult conditions. We need support in order to be resilient enough to face certain adversities. There is nothing wrong with needing support. This is the reality of resilience. Even the most resilient of people have to turn, ask, and accept support when life’s conditions become too difficult for any one person to deal with. Reaching out helps to develop the most resilient of people. Sounds a bit like a paradox but it isn’t. People grow to become resilient. Some of us even pray. When we do this we learn to understand that God, the spirit, or the universe just might be on our side and we will be okay. When we have a support network of helpful people we understand what being resilient is all about. It’s give and take and growing one day at a time. Supportive people make resilient people. Become resilient. Reach out. Peace
Most people living in one day at a time recovery know what it is like when life lies lonely bringing with it periodic bouts of melancholy which might or might not turn into lonely depression. For many of us it doesn’t happen as much as it did before but it can still happen even after substantial time in recovery. What we need to understand is that life can lie lonely, and will lie lonely when we lack connection with others be they family, friends, or other people who we share the goal and the bond of living in one day at a time recovery and reality with. Although many of us enjoy our alone time, we find time spent with others is essential even if it’s just for coffee or simply meeting with people in the rooms of recovery. It helps us to live a happy and healthy life. Peace.
Many people who live in one day at a time recovery know that recovery is a marathon. We know that we do not sprint from day to day to day to day. The days go by fast enough even when we are pacing them. Sprinting causes us to burn out. We need strength for when we need to go uphill, and we need strength for when we need to go downhill. Both can be difficult. When we learn this, we learn that recovery is not a race. We are simply travelling a distance of recovery that we hope will be the length of a marathon. We might even walk a while, and as we meet others we enjoy it. This is the joy of the marathon. As we walk we will see sprinters running by. As we continue we will meet sprinters who have gone lame. We will help them and they too shall walk with us. These sprinters were lucky enough to have the opportunity to continue the marathon. Some sprinters simply faded away much too fast. So day to day we travel the marathon. Most of us walk enjoying our recovery. It’s not a race. Enjoy it!
Many people living in one day at a time recovery receive what can only be described as a profound glimpse of their lives. This usually happens to us when we are a little older in years and such a glimpse portrays to us the reality of the mistakes we have made and the pain we have caused others. In as such our awakening has almost come to its fruition. Part of this awakening is that we are far better people today and we have probably been so since we’ve come into recovery. Even with such a reality some of us cannot say that we have no regrets because our past reality reveals to us that to have such regrets would only be human. We are not, never were, or never will be saints. We were broken and ill and are now left with the remnants of such ill-adventurous living. Our reality today is that we know and accept that we were ill. Many of us have spent years trying to help others to become or to continue being well. We did so and we do so simply because it is the right thing to do and helping others helps us to help ourselves. This is part of the inextricable connection that we have with those we are akin with. We are people living with humility who accept our imperfections. It’s the gift of reality and compassion. Our awakening continues one day at a time. It’s part of the journey. Peace.
Many of us who live in one day at a time recovery understand that each day starts out like a blank piece of paper waiting for the present to begin and then happen. Often it is about the power of now. What most of us experience is that the now is not necessarily experiencing a mystical and rare moment of perfect peace and perfect tranquility but it is the doing of what is right in front of us. During such an endeavor our paper becomes our story and in our story we live the freedom from active addiction with its twists of grace and other interventions from God, the spirit, or the universe which can be as simple as the breaths we breathe in one day at a time reality. If we are paying attention we are watching a a modern day miracle unfold. Try to enjoy it. Peace.
Those of us who are living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of peace of mind. We understand that peace of mind is neither perpetual happiness or endless serenity. In all reality we can can see that peace of mind is the calm we find when we have come through the other side of emotional, spiritual, and/or economic hardship. It is the joy we experience when it seems all of life’s dots are connecting and it is also the reality of accepting hardships such as divorce, failing physical health, and death. It is the peace we find in one day at a time abstinence and it is the lessening of worry and sleepless nights. To sum it all it up it is the reality of grace which gifts us with the reality of freedom. It’s what one day at a time recovery is all about. Peace
Many people living in one day at a time recovery are quick to realize that we don’t find perfection when we come into recovery. To believe we have found perfection, or will eventually find it, is an unrealistic goal of what recovery is all about. Recovery is all about living in imperfection and realistically navigating the joys and adversities found in life while still finding the freedom and the happiness we experience from living in abstinence from our addictions one day at a time. Because of our abstinence we become bold enough to believe we might be able to be supportive to others seeking recovery. And we can one day at a time. We seek progress not perfection. We simply want the humble reality of living manageable lives. It’s a gift. Enjoy it. Peace.