People who live in one day at a time recovery from mental health disorders and addiction know that when life gets hard we reach out for help. We do not have to face our struggles alone. The first thing we do is we need to take a breath and recognize we need help. It doesn’t matter how long we have been in recovery, when we need help and we don’t reach out, we can make mistakes. Mistakes make life difficult, and when life gets difficult, we can be resentful. Here is a reality check – resentful people don’t have much gratitude or contentment. It could even lead us into thinking we need a buzz or that we need to get wasted. This alone is a good enough reason to reach out. We need to let go of fear. If we don’t over-tax the good grace of people, most people like to help. Especially when they know we need it. With the help of other people we can do what was too difficult for us to do alone. When life gets hard we reach out. One day at a time.
