Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery are like soldiers who can forget our ranks. We had tried to control our addictions and fought like hell to do so. We continued to fight and we refused to surrender to the idea that we could not win the war of control, and there were times we as soldiers became casualties because of this. Sometimes some of us were wounded and as we were wounded some of our loved ones were were wounded with us. This was all happening because we went to war to control something that time and time again positively controlled us. Many of us found out that what we had to do was surrender to a new idea which was to stop completely. Just stop, reach out, get help, and accept if we don’t take the first one the war of control is over. And when we did this we knew we would have to stay on guard. We then knew that there were other soldiers like us who were no longer fighting the war of control. We knew we had scars but we learned to heal. One day at a time we forgot our ranks and we became reasonable and reasonably happy people. Our lives weren’t perfect but we began to know how to be happy, joyous, and free. We discovered gratitude and contentment. Many of us had and still have professional help. Some of us need to take medication. We now know we are experiencing the gift of acceptance. Today we are well.
