Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Oct. 27, 2021 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation


 Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Solution

Be part of the solution, not the problem. — Anonymous

When we were practicing our addiction, we traveled alone. We created short-term friendships with fellow users. These dissolved when the “party was over.” Our addiction demanded from us absolute obedience. There could be no intimate friendships. No relationship was more important than the addiction. Anyone that moved in too close was beaten away by the disease. We were solitary, held hostage in our own prison.

The fellowship has broken the grip of this isolation. The miracle of recovery is that of men and women sharing their experience, strength, and hope with each other. We are together; we share with each other what we know, what we experience; we rely on each other. The fellowship is a circle of spiritual vitality that energizes anyone who decides to join hands.

Alone I am the problem. Together with others, I am part of the solution.

Hazelden Foundation

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