Many people who live in one day at a time recovery learn three important lessons. The first thing we need to learn is we have to have an understanding of ourselves. We have to understand we are people who live with limitations and abilities. We also need to understand that we do not have to face life on our own. When we learn this lesson, we have the beginning of reality. The reality we experience in one day at a time recovery is our limitations give us the ability to be helped by others. Also the reality of our limitations, which with help we have overcome or are overcoming, give us the ability to help others. When we have this understanding of community we learn we have responsibility to others. Common ground becomes the foundations of understanding, reality, and responsibility. One day at a time we learn. We grow in the spirit of togetherness. We also understand the reality of personal responsibility. For some of us it took a long time to gain this awareness. Some of us learn quickly. It’s all reality. Other lessons will come. One Day at a time.
