Those of us living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of uneven equality. This is the bitter-sweet truth of recovery. What we understand about people who live in long-time recovery is they have a lot of experience living life on life’s own terms and have successfully navigated many adversities, difficulties, and setbacks for many, many years while remaining abstinent in a way which they understand comes only from receiving grace one day at a time. Many of us fear it might not be the same for those new to recovery because the odds seem stacked against them, and it appears the playing field is uneven in regards to maintaining abstinence as they face life on life’s term. When we look seriously at such situations we see the equality of our endeavors because grace is grace and it is available for us all. We all had to grow and have to grow in grace to live the reality of uneven equality. Our equality is we are all just one drink, puff, or hit away from relapse and we are all equal in living life one day at a time. We share in the inextricable connection between recovering people and that is the gift of freedom and hope. In life, and in recovery, we are all equal regardless of how long we have been in recovery. Peace.
