Daily Recovery Blog
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
"Wait right here. I will be right back!" - Mike S.
LEARNING TO TRUSTI had the ability to trust when I was using drugs. I would give a
dealer my money and trust that what was in package would get me
high. Once I stopped using, I acted like I could not trust
anyone. Actually, I was the one that couldn't be trusted. I was a
liar, cheat and a thief. It a while to sink in, that it was I,
that could not be trusted. The time I spent with my sponsor
helped me learn to trust. He openly shared the issues in his
life. He didn't seem to have any secrets. He showed trust in me.
The group extended their trust in me when I was elected
treasurer. I told them I had been a thief. They said they knew.
They trusted me. These valuable lessons allowed me to see who I
needed to trust. Trust took practice. It took taking risks. The
first person I needed to trust was me.
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished
by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope
at all." - Dale Carnegie
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
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