Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery from concurrent disorders know life is uphill. It is also difficult walking uphill alone. Alone can be hard enough to do for the healthiest person. We need to accept that. There are some people who are good at going uphill. They reach back and pull us along. If we slip they will hold us and keep us from slipping anymore. If we trip they will pick us up and tell us to watch out for the dips that trip us. And if we purposely fight them, they will let us go because there are other people who need help to walk up the hill. The people who help us are incredibly loyal and wise. They know that they can only help people who will help themselves. And when these helpful people have finished pulling people to the top, they rest, walk back down, and then help other people up the hill. We think we might not be able to do what these people do, but we learn not to fight them, and maybe then we will learn with their help the journey is much better. Not perfect but better. We learn to enjoy most of it. And we learn to reach back and help others with their uphill walk.
