Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Early recovery
Spirituality is the ability to get our minds off ourselves. — Anonymous
The early days of recovery were a strange time for us. We were used to a very different lifestyle. There were so many new things coming into our lives all at once. Everything was whirling. We stuck close to our sponsor and home group. We needed a touchstone to make sense out of what was happening.
The early days of recovery were times of physical healing. We knew we were sick. Some of us didn’t realize how sick we were. We went slow and kept our eyes, our minds, and our hearts focused on our First Step.
We didn’t find instant spirituality in those days. That was okay. There would be time enough for that; first, we had to get started. After time on the program, after we had worked some Steps, we were asked to get our minds off ourselves. This was the time when we started making progress with our spiritual lives.
I have learned that spirituality is the ability to get my mind off myself.
Hazelden Foundation
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