Daily Recovery Blog
Monday Jan 19, 2026
"Seven days without a meeting makes one weak."- Bari P.
DAILY REPRIEVEThis may sound a little insane, but for quite a while, my using
had become "just for today". I was not an addict that saved some
for later. This caused me a lot of chaos. I was constantly
looking for more. The philosophy of "staying in the now" was not
a new concept for me. I was being taught, if I did not use today,
I was a winner. I did not have to take on the burden of staying
clean the rest of my life. All I needed was to not use today.
"No one can confidently say that he will still be living
tomorrow." - Euripides
Sunday Jan 18, 2026
"I didn't get clean to be miserable."- Scotty K.
MISERY IS OPTIONALI did not get clean to feel doom and gloom. I actually began to
enjoy not using drugs. The last nine months of my using was pure
misery. Sure I had problems. I was out on bail, and my lawyer
wanted money. I was preparing myself to do some prison time. It
would have been easy to use drugs to forget my troubles.
Thankfully, I heard others sharing their experience. There is
nothing so bad that drugs won't make worse. That hit home for me.
I was good at screwing up my life. I was told to get 20/20
recovery. Get to the meeting 20 minutes early, and stay 20
minutes after the meeting. I was able to find some people in
recovery to spend some time with. My early experiences with
others included movies, bowling, coffee houses, and picnics.
These were not activities I thought I would enjoy. It was not
very long when I attended my first convention. There were over
500 people there, spending a weekend, celebrating recovery. I was
starting to enjoy my recovery, and I even started having fun.
"Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be
the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their
gladness." - Maurice Maeterlinck
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