Many people living in one day at a time recovery choose to live a life of recovery once they have found one day at a time abstinence for a while. Most of the time we find abstinence because deep down inside of us there was a desperation and a loneliness so great and so horrible that we had no choice but to stop using. We bottomed out. When we stopped using we were stepping out of hell and entering a world of the living. Most of us needed a safe place to do so. With a bit of time in abstinence we found we had to stop the con if we wanted live doable and manageable lives. In doing as such we found we had to live reasonable lives and stop playing in places where we once used. Many of us substituted the rooms of recovery for our using places and in doing so we developed the ability to choose one day at a time recovery and the freedom that goes with it. Do we have a choice? We do after we are abstinent long enough to be comfortable with the reality of living in our own skin. Many of us understand this. Peace.
