Most people living in one day at a time recovery understand that even mighty oaks have to bend. This is a reality of life, reality, and recovery. Bending has become a survival skill of all living things. We learn we have to be flexible and adapt. One of our most important adaptations is we learn we need to change our playgrounds, playmates, and playthings. If we do not there is a good chance that we will become brittle, stiff, and will not have any flexibility whatsoever. Doing so we become strong dead trees that eventually break or in other words fall back into active addiction. We have discovered that joining people in the rooms of recovery teaches us to bend and remain in recovery. This is one day at a time living. We discover the gift of flexibility. Peace.
