People living in one day at a time recovery eventually get to understand the reality of reality’s unrealistic thinking. Even though the introspective reality which leads us to recovery is probably our greatest and most useful asset, such experience is of little use to those who live their lives outside the reality of one day at a time recovery. It’s simply the way reality is. We cannot expect the moon to disappear and the tides to still ebb and flow. Nor should we try to breathe life into the living. It’s just unrealistic thinking. Peace.