Many people who live life one day at a time eventually learn that recovery is not a competition. It is not about who gains the most amount of time with continuous abstinence. Those of us who have been around for a few years are soon to understand that time in recovery is in all actuality a break from our ill-fitted fate. It’s a combination of desperation, commitment, and grace that enables us to gather any amount of substantial time in which we are abstinent, healthy, and free from active addiction. Although many of us become spiritually fit we realize that we haven’t become conquerors in spiritual warfare. We are people who have surrendered to the idea that we need to remain abstinent just for today. We also understand we can only keep what we have by giving it away. Recovery is not a competition. It’s a gift. Peace.
