Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand what it is like to have the hell beat out of us by the loneliness of addiction. In our isolation which eventually occurs to all of us we had very little sense of belonging. Those we were close to tried and continued to try to get us to reach out and get help. If we were lucky a detox center, a rehab facility, or a hospital had a bed for us and we came to terms with our reality which was we could not find recovery on our own. Our next step was to seek the support from people in the rooms of recovery. In doing so we found refuge from that God awful feeling of crippling loneliness. We found the reality of belonging and we embraced recovery. Today we have hope. We realize we always did. Peace
