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JANUARY 10

RECOVERY

SPIRITUAL BALANCE

“Recovery gives us a road back to health and true living, but it is rarely easy.”

Tails of Recovery: Addicts and the Pets That Love Them

“I’m different.” When I was new in recovery, I felt different because my family had no history of addiction, and yet I had become dependent on my medication to manage a “legitimate” chronic pain condition. I was appalled to consider that I was addicted—surely I was nothing like the stereotypical addict in movies or on television! Was I?

Yes! That was certainly not an easy thing to accept. And yet, when I did come to realize and accept that my dependence was just like that of any other addict, I learned to grow spiritually. When I see the similarities between myself and others in recovery, my spirituality can flourish. It’s not always easy to look at the truth about myself, but any life in recovery is much easier than a life in active addiction.

I seek identification with the recovery process and don’t waste energy trying to find ways that the principles of recovery don’t apply to me. Doing that only keeps me in the self-imposed prison of addiction and pain. Today, I take comfort in the fact that I am not unique in recovery.