Some of us living with mental health disorders complicated with addictions find that work is a necessity in life. Some of us are employed at full-time paying jobs which support us and our families. Some of us have part-time jobs and participate at home in doing such things such as cleaning, dishes, laundry, shopping, budgeting and we might even take on the role of primary care-givers for our kids. Some of us just do chores. Some of us have part-time jobs. Some of do casual work. Some of us do volunteer work. What we do discover is once we come into one day at a time recovery we discover that work (paid or not paid) is vital for our health. We understand the reality that not all of us can work at paid employment but we can do the work necessary to live in one day at a time recovery and abstinence. Some of us can’t until we get help. When we get the help – we can. Some of us understand the reality of living with disabling mental health disorders. This is no joke and for those of us who do, the very fact that we’re even living in recovery is a miracle for many of us. Should any of us be able to find our niche while functioning in todays world is enough. We must realize – recovery or not – abstinent or not – working or not, we all have the hope and the chance of finding our place in life. We are enough! We need to reach out. We need to do the work. Peace.
