Daily Recovery Blog
Sunday Jan 25, 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
Saturday Jan 24, 2026
"If nothing changes, nothing changes except your clean date." -
Gerald Z.
IT WORKS IF YOU WORK ITThe same person will use again. Nothing changes if nothing
changes. These little sayings haunted me in early recovery. One
thing for sure helped me. When I went to a meeting, I felt
better. Most of my early recovery was motivated by the amount of
pain I was feeling. I needed to be spoon fed. I was a white
knuckler for a while. Do not use no matter what was my program. I
wanted to get better. Only I was hoping that it would happen by
osmosis. It was the older members constantly asking me questions
that jump started my recovery. Do you have a home group? Have you
found a sponsor yet? Did you pray today? So to stop the all the
questions, I got a home group. Then I got the sponsor. My sponsor
gave me daily recovery lessons. It was another miracle. Against
my wishes, I got a program of recovery started. Pray, write, and
share with my sponsor who helped me make healthy decisions. It
works if I work it.
"There's no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison
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