People who live life one day at a time reached out for help because of desperation. In the beginning few of us understood anything other than our world was falling apart and we were bottoming out. Families, friends and co-workers told us we needed help. Often we realized we had lost the power of choice. The sad thing was that our ego told us that in a short time we would once again be in control. If we live in accordance to this belief we will bottom out again. Few of us are ready to accept the consequences of locked institutions or death. This is the reality of active addiction. We need to know this. When we tell others that time takes time we are telling them that it takes years to understand the gift of desperation. There is no better teacher than experience. When we understand this we understand time takes time. In respect to reality we know that one day at a time recovery doesn’t create perfect lives. We have to learn live with adversity and pain to experience the reality of happy, joyous and free lives. It’s a paradox when we understand that we can only keep what we have by giving it away. Recovery is a selfishly selfless anomaly. Live it. Peace.
