Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand what it’s like not being heard by other people. It can become a reality that might either make or break our peace or contentment. Developing the reality of resilience is probably the only coping skill we can develop to maintain our own inherent dignity. What we need to accept is that many people and many peoples have lived this reality since the beginning of time. In the grand scheme of things not being heard by people is a cold hard reality. We need to take comfort in the fact that we are not alone. That is why we gather in church basements, coffee shops, and around kitchen tables. As recovering people we need to hear each other. We are each other’s saving grace. Peace.
