Friday, Aug. 4, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Life Is Good in Recovery
Today, I like myself, almost all the time. I have healthy, happy people in my life; I keep the unhealthy ones whom I can’t remove from my life on the periphery, where I can love them from afar. I’ve learned how to accept them for where and who they are, not try to change them. I’m not a perfect partner, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, or friend, but I’m pretty good, and all relevant parties know that I love them with my whole heart and that I am always trying.
They know because I tell them that I love them all the time, and I admit to them when I feel I am falling short. I give myself grace when I don’t meet my own standards. I like to think that life is always good and never bad, but I also know that it can be truly great at times as well. Life is a spectrum of goodness in recovery. I’ll take it.
From good to great – that’s how I choose to view my life.
Hazelden Foundation
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