Daily Recovery Blog
Monday Dec 22, 2025
"If you're gonna pray for potatoes, you'd better grab a hoe." -
Jeff S.
WILLINGNESSMost of my life I was motivated by pain. I became willing when
the pressure was on. Only when I was in trouble did I show any
willingness to do something about it. I still looked for the easy
way out. My sponsor told me the pain was in the resistance. He
would ask me, "how important is it?" The next question he asked
me was, "what do you want to do about it?" He encouraged me to
participate in my recovery. Recovery is an action program. This
was a healthy way for me to learn willingness. It was a major
turning point when I first showed willingness without extreme
pain involved. The process started because I was always getting
into jackpots and needed help. The first time I became aware that
I was becoming willing was when I heard "if you have a sponsor
then use him". A sponsor is more than a name. He will share his
experience, strength and hope. Once I realized willingness is the
key, I stopped creating wreckage of the present. I learned that
prevention is much easier than the clean up.
"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is
the source from which self respect springs." - Joand Didion
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
"When you are green, you grow. When you're ripe, you rot. Don't
ever stop learning." - Tracy B.
PROGRESS NOT PERFECTIONTo think I was going to reach perfection was foolish, but I hated
making mistakes. I never wanted to be wrong. It helped me hearing
that the only thing I need to do perfectly is not to use. My
sponsor said, "if we don't use we can learn from our mistakes". I
wanted what I wanted when I wanted it. This type of thinking is
not practical in a spiritual fellowship. I did not enjoy the
feelings of rejection or disappointment. When I was using, I was
never satisfied. I had to learn how to be a winner. My sponsor
said that doing the next right thing was important. I was given
spiritual principles to use in my daily life.
"They say nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes
perfect. I wish they would make up their minds." - Sir Winston
Churchill
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