Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that when active addiction is in remission it is like vicious dogs that are sleeping. The best thing we can do is to let them sleep. When we do this we know better than to play in their yards. What this means is that we stay out of bars and and other consuming places. Why? We do this because vicious dogs might wake up acting friendly but their nature is to be vicious, dangerous, and even deadly. Even if we feed them, and especially if we feed them, they will eventually attack us. This can be predicted when we fall into active addiction. It always turns on us. Our reality is we let it sleep and stay out of its yard. We now have the ability to live happy and manageable lives. We respect this. Peace.
