Those of us who have been living in one day at a time recovery are okay when we are experiencing doubt. It doesn’t necessarily mean we are cynical. We believe we can have questions about something we haven’t seen or experienced. Some of us have doubted the idea of always being happy, joyous, and free. Some of us doubted the idea of being totally free from the bondage of active addiction. Then we heard people who said they were happy, joyous, and free, but they had bad days too. We saw people recovering from the bondage of active addiction. We had to see and hear to believe. We became free from the bondage of active addiction and we became happy, joyous, and free, even though we had bad days. We know doubts are okay. An open, questioning mind is not cynical. That’s how we learn and grow.
