Daily Recovery Blog
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
"If you're going bake a German chocolate cake, you need to follow
the recipe." - David J.
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS:This admission I am about to make might help you understand me
better. I never liked using instructions. I would start putting
the item together simply by eyesight. Most times, I would have
screws and bolts left over, and it looked different from the
picture on the package. I then would pick up the instructions to
see where I went wrong. I started my recovery with this same
approach. It was missing pieces, and I felt empty inside. I was
given a few simple suggestions by other addicts. Get a home
group. Show up early. Get phone numbers and call people. Read
literature and learn about recovery. They gave me a sponsorship
pamphlet. I was told to get a sponsor. The sponsor would guide me
through the 12 steps. Once the pain of doing it my way became
unbearable, I followed those simple suggestions.
"Some will never learn anything because they understand
everything too soon." - Thomas Blount
Monday Jan 20, 2025
"You had connections to use; now you have connections to stay
clean." - Dave L.
DIAL THEM ... DON'T FILE THEM!!!I had connections to use. If one did not have it, then I went to
the next one. There was no shame in my game. If I needed drugs, I
called. I never said it was too late to call. I made phone calls
any time of day or night. Once I got clean, I caught a case of
shyness. The phone felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. It was
at a meeting that I heard, you've got to get connections to stay
clean. The urges to use have a tendency to wake up when it is
time for me to go to sleep. It is amazing how hard it was just to
pick up a phone and dial the numbers given to me telling me to
call. It took being in a lot of pain before I called anyone. The
guy I called thanked me. I did not understand why he thanked me,
until I got my first call from another addict wanting to use.
“He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.” - Danish
Proverb
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