Many people living in one day at a time recovery live our lives in a more cautious and deliberate way. Lessons learned in life have made us fearful and we understand that more often than not many of our reactions show us that such reactions were a result of life’s conditioning. We now know that such reactions are the result of fear. Not a crippling fear but a fear like the fear of putting our hand too close to an open flame. We automatically react and pull our hand back. Present fears keep us from even chancing a different result. Fire always burns. Our reality is we are always just an arms length away from using. We know this. Using always causes pain. We have been conditioned to fear this. Fear can bring us wisdom. Wisdom is a gift. One day at a time grace shows us this. Peace.
