Daily Recovery Blog
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
"Detox in your sleep worked great until I woke up” - Jimmy D.
SURRENDER TO WINThe hardest thing for me to do was to ask for help. “I am okay,
just leave me alone” is what I told those that I loved. Then the
moment of clarity came, and I could no longer handle it. I
screamed out for help. It was over. I could no longer go on
living that way. The surrender process is still ongoing. Through
surrender, I broke the cycle of using and I began to feel some
relief. I learned that there are addicts staying clean. I showed
up at my first meeting not knowing what to expect. I thought if
they can stay clean, maybe I can too. I was shown how to
surrender to win.
"Our tears are what happens when it rains deep inside our hearts
and we cannot hold the rain any longer.” – Philippos
Monday Mar 16, 2026
"Some people complain because God puts thorns on roses, while
others praise God for putting roses among thorns." - Debbie B.
RELAX GOD IS IN CHARGEIt seemed to me that when I stopped using drugs, life took over.
It had been years since I participated in my life clean. It was a
scary proposition thinking that I needed to handle the daily
tasks I had neglected for so long. Many days I would get so
caught up in my personal life that I forgot I was not in charge.
Yes, I had to do the foot work, but I did not have to waste the
rest of my day trying to control the outcome of everything. I had
to fire the committee in my head that was working overtime
figuring out every scenario possible. If she, he, they did this
or that, I was going to be prepared to respond. That way of
living or existing was mentally exhausting. I am not certain when
or where it happened, I just remember from my sponsor suggesting
to me that the level of my serenity towards life was equal to the
level of my spiritual conditioning. I liked having certain tasks
to do before I left home: pray, read my meditation book, eat
something healthy, take some time to quiet my mind, and make a
small list of goals for today. This required discipline;
discipline that I had to learn. I needed to practice, but when I
was willing to take a few simple suggestions, my spirit was ready
to respond, rather react to life.
"The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides
that he is not God." - Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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