Many of us living in recovery from mental health conditions accompanied with addictions learn the reality of the joyous now. In the joyous now we understand that the present is a peaceful time that accentuates the reality of freedom from active addiction. Those of us who find such freedom understand the breaking of chains, the calming of fear and often the compassion and love found in community. In such community we understand that we can be different from those we are akin with even though we all have a common goal which is to find reality and to obtain and maintain freedom from active addiction. In as such, after time, we get a glimpse of our true-self and we will see our true-self is an innocence that we could have never understood if we didn’t find one day at a time recovery. The freedom is that we start to see this in everyone, and when we do we experience the joyous now. The joyous now is the gratitude we find in today. It’s called grace. Peace.
