Many of us who are living in one day at a time recovery understand that there are times when we are wallowing in self-pity that we are actually practicing a subtle form of self-deceit. What we are discovering is that we are often dramatizing our pain or our melancholy. Well good for us. Most people do this. Especially when we do it out-loud. Perhaps we will find an empathetic or sympathetic ear. Pain shared is pain lessened. But if someone tells us to get off the pity-pot maybe we should. We cannot wallow in self-pity or self-deceit for too long because we become cynical. Most of us know this. Besides this we know the reality of glorious sadness. It is actually one day at a time joy. This gift and the gift of desperation brought us into recovery. It’s not just drama. It’s a wonderful paradox. Aloneness ends. Peace.
