Daily Recovery Blog
Saturday Apr 11, 2026
"Don't let anyone walk in your head wearing dirty shoes." -
Elizabeth M.
WE MUST CHANGE OUR PLAYMATES, PLAYGROUNDS, AND PLAYTHINGSI remember saying, everybody I know uses drugs. I was more
fortunate than most when I stopped using drugs. I had destroyed
most of my friendships. I did think I should go tell the few
friends I had left about recovery. Thank God I did not have the
ability to get in touch with them in early recovery. I learned
certain situations gave me the taste of using. Going back to the
room I used to get high in when visiting my family gave me strong
urges to use. Listening to certain music on the radio made me
uncomfortable. Driving in the neighborhood where I copped drugs
was not healthy. My drug of choice was not advertised on
television. It was in a lot of movies. Just watching one of those
movies mad me feel weak. The older dope fiend I met at my first
meeting made it simple for me. He said, when it is over, it is
over.
"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good;
and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of
the past." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Friday Apr 10, 2026
"Share your experience, strength, and hope." - Burt W.
SHARE YOUR PAINBeat me with a baseball bat, and I know where the pain is coming
from. Emotional pain, for me, was the worst. I did not enjoy
those feelings. It consumed me. If it was a relationship
break-up, or loss of a job; I felt my life was over. I was used
to dealing with rejection. It hurt. I was told to share it. I
felt very foolish the first time I shared what was going on in my
life. I was going to court. I had agreed to a 5 year prison
sentence. I was only 5 months clean. I was scared. I was crying
on the inside. My fears totally overwhelmed me. I decided to
follow suggestions and share. I do not remember too much of what
I said. I remember saying I was tired and wanted to grow up. I
did feel better getting it off my chest. I liked the warm feeling
I felt listening to others telling me to keep the faith. I even
chuckled when one addict said, if I said in recovery it would not
be prison it would be a spiritual retreat in a gated community. I
had been carrying a big ball of feelings in my stomach. Once I
shared, It felt like the ball started melting. The next week in
court, the judge asked me if there was anything I wanted to say
before sentencing. I said I was tired and wanted grow up. I can
remember just like it was yesterday what the judge said to me. He
said, "I do not know why I am doing this. I am suspending the 5
year prison sentence". My experience to an addict in pain is to
share it.
"Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge."
- Simone Weil
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