Those of us who have been living in one day at a time recovery for a fair amount of time understand that we have and will go through differing periods of significant growth. Our reality of the emotional pain of our bottom can often be a catalyst to the reality of our admitting to ourselves that we could not find a solution to the adversity we have to face which was caused by the brokenness created by active addiction. Our reality was, and is, we cannot successfully navigate abstinence or recovery on our own. We discovered the gift of desperation and reached out for help. We often turned to hospitals, treatment facilities, detoxes and support groups in order to seek shelter from the storms we were facing. If we became willing to become and remain abstinent from active addiction we would soon see significant growth in our emotional reality and our reality of choices. We discovered abstinence brought with it freedom and freedom brought with it hope. Such hope brought us the really real and that was the beginning of understanding the reality of grace and in as such we understood humility. Finding abstinence is a period of significant growth. Peace.
