Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of giving unnecessary direction. This is the reality of whether we should or should not give anyone direction about the use of psychiatric medication. Whether we should or not comes down to whether we are professionals with the ability to do so effectively and successfully. Those of us who are living in one day at a time recovery who do take psychiatric medication know what its benefits are. We stayed alive, functioning, healthy and abstinent for many years because of it. We also know the reality of medicating normal when perhaps a doctor or a therapist could have helped us to navigate life with non-medicated direction giving us the tools to face life on life’s own terms. Experience and time become great helpers. When we are maturing our eyes will open. It all happens in God’s time as we grow one day at a time. We learn to do difficult. Peace
