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ah, the if wishes were horses reading with the solution plainly spelled out. so with a reading this blunt all i need to say is that if i want the comfort that comes from recovery all i have to do is pray and take action.
not exactly the answer i was longing to hear. what i wanted to hear is take comfort young man, the gifts of recovery will come to you all you have to do is not use -- just for today!
well that certainly is a BIG part of keeping the process going, but it has been my experience that i can be miserable without ingesting a single substance. it is also my experience that the only way i can get the gifts of recovery, is to do what those who have come before me suggest. namely work the steps or die! there is actually a bit more to that little phrase but i am not in the mood for that kind of language today. nevertheless, that sentiment , crude and blunt as it is, is exactly the kind of action i need to take to move forward in this whole recovery shebang. and the second part is to accept that i need a viable and active process of communication with a POWER THAT IS GREATER THAN ME. simple and elegant, and no strings attached! it has been my experience that when i am an active participant in my recovery, i feel better, more secure and better able to handle the chaos of the modern world and when i choose to be a slacker? well all kinds of stuff breaks out, and i end up doing a whole lot of cleaning up and whole lot more wishing i just could live through today without any of the self-created misery and chaos.
so the solution is to move forward on the work i am currently stalled on, say a little prayer and let the results be what they will be. no more or no less, not too difficult of a task for today!

∞ DT ∞