Many people living in one day at a time recovery hit their bottom and come out of it relatively unscathed. The pain, the fear, and the consequences we experienced while on our way to hitting bottom was part of the really real. The upside of hitting our bottom was that we had only one way to go and that was up. We found one day at a time recovery. When we say that we come out of our bottoms relatively unscathed what we really mean is we have learned from our suffering and we will learn to suffer well. Neither is life, or recovery, always a bowl of cherries but if we remain abstinent we are always living in freedom from active addiction. This is the hope we thought we had once lost, and in this hope we discover the reality of gratitude and wellness. Peace.
