Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery understand what to expect from recovery. We want and need for our recovery to be reliable and life affirming. Even when we find recovery difficult, one day at a time we learn we have the opportunity to reach out for help. When we discover who are the reliable and life affirming people in our lives our difficulties diminish. This is the reality of reliable and life affirming support from people who don’t simply dismiss our difficulties. They know they don’t have to fix us. They are just there. When we have been in recovery for a while we become these people for other people. We know we don’t have to fix people. We are just there. When we understand this we understand the responsibility and the reliability of recovery. Another reality that we have learned is that we are just people who are living in recovery one day at a time. We don’t give medical advice. Medical advice is left up to medical professionals. As we grow we learn adversities lessen. Our lives become manageable and we live good lives because of the reliability of recovery. Peace.
