Those of us who have been living in recovery for a good portion of our adult life understand the reality of hope. We have spent many years going with the flow while being members in good standing of recovery and responsibility while being unaware time has been passing us by much faster than we could ever imagine. Could we say that we have no regrets? Not really. This is a reality for some of us causing us to live with anxiety and depression. Such affects cause us to be less flexible and more frustrated with the challenges of life but we have been told that our experience gives us wisdom. When someone approaches us with a problem searching for the wisdom of our years of sobriety all we can say is – that’s life. This is the reality of acceptance. Should they be able to understand we know that they have a chance of living a life of sobriety one day at a time. We know sobriety isn’t all rainbows and butterflies but we know it has great benefits. One such benefit is hope. We know and we believe we have hope for one more day of sobriety. For this we are responsible. That is to pass the message of recovery along and to let others know that we adapt to adversities. Even now life is good and life is doable. We understand hope and we know hope simply has to be. It’s a matter of acceptance. Peace.
