Daily Recovery Blog
Tuesday August 11, 2026
"If God made anything better than this, He kept it for himself!"
- Joel W.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE GODMany things in life just take time. In time I got a job. I got an
apartment. I bought a car. It was one foot in front of the other.
Food, shelter and transportation; these were things outside of
myself that just took some time and effort to get back in my
life. I actually had bills showing up in my name. I was even
starting to make plans about my future. The year was 1985, and I
was still on a suspended prison sentence. It was not house
arrest, so I was still able to go out and work. I was just very
closely supervised. My commitment to staying clean had to
strengthen. A world convention was being held in London that
year. It would be the first time outside of the United States . I
had become more involved in my recovery, and I told myself and
others that I was planning on going to it. Most of them laughed.
“You are on a suspended prison sentence.” “You have no passport.”
“You can barely pay your bills!” I don’t know why, but I felt
certain that I was going to be there. The events that took place
in the next few months were nothing short of miraculous. My
probation officer took my request seriously, because she saw how
much recovery had helped me. She petitioned the judge that had
sentenced me and requested permission for me to go to London . I
went to the state department and was granted a passport. My job
had a credit union, so I applied for a credit card. A month
before the convention, the credit card was granted. Amazingly
there was an airline offering a special rate air fare at the
time. I spent 3 weeks in Europe, attended a world convention, did
an H&I meeting at a methadone clinic, and was asked to share my
story at a meeting in Scotland . I learned to never underestimate
God.
"If God would concede me His omnipotence for 24 hours, you would
see how many changes I would make in the world. But if He gave me
His wisdom too, I would leave things as they are." - J.M.L.
Monsabre
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