Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand what it is like to want to overcome every obstacle and every adversity that we will have to face as people trying to function in everyday life and in everyday recovery. If we always live subscribing to the belief that we must always overcome every adversity that we have to face we will come to the realization that we are better off accepting what we truly cannot change. One such thing is the past. Another is we are not now or never will be perfect. And yet another is we need to live in recovery one day at a time. If we do not learn that we cannot overcome everything we will be living in white-knuckle recovery. In other words we will be stuck. Accepting what we cannot change is a powerful tool. It prevents relapse. It helps us to grow. Peace.
