Once upon a time many people who are living in one day at a time recovery were kids living in their own little worlds. We had dreams of becoming rock stars, actors, sports figures, or poets. To us life didn’t appear to be too terribly lonely but we did have desires of being or making friends. When we did, and when active addiction held us in its grips something detrimental happened to us. What happened was we couldn’t grow up (for a while anyways). Active addiction began to own us and what always happens in addiction is we hit a wall and we knew we needed help. It was now time to grow up. We reached out and found help in 12 step personhoods. It was the beginning of an awakening. We started to grow up (this is not a put down because we all need to be a part of maturity). Reality was dawning. When we found reality we discovered a life of miracles. It’s an opportunity to live a life of grace. Once upon a time is gone. Enjoy the new reality. Peace.
