Some people living in one day at a time recovery understand the realities of fear, envy, resentment, and shame. When these emotions hit us we might fall into the reality of seeing only ourselves. Fear can hold us back and keep us from participating in recovery. When resting in fear we can become envious of those who do recovery and life well. We might even become resentful. When these emotions join together it is a good possibility that shame will find us (our fragile egos can be a funny thing can’t they). Shame takes us to a place where we are capable of seeing only ourselves. Those of us who have been around the rooms of recovery for a while know that this can happen to all of us. When we have grown a bit we will understand everything’s not always about us. It’s a one day at a time lesson in life. Peace.
