Writings of Recovery

Not giving up. Staying with it. Doing something despite difficulty or delay. Suffering under addiction is hard. Working the 12 steps is hard. I need to pick my hard. Today I pick the 12 steps.

I now know that recovery has to be my top priority, for my health and well being, and also for all those who choose to be in relationship with me.

As I walk the 12 steps every day, one day at a time, I come to discover a life that is richer, fuller, more amazing and beautiful on all the levels than I ever thought possible. I look back and see the death, despair, and destruction that was my life in addiction.

My heart fills with gratitude over the realization that as long as I walk the steps and use the tools recovery, the journey of the rest of my life will continue to get better, and my heart is already bursting at how good it is now.