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JANUARY 20

TOLERANCE

SPIRITUAL BALANCE

“Tolerance has helped me calmly surrender my need to control people and/or situations. It allows me to step back, clear my head, and get a better perspective without going into the over-the-top dramas I tend to create in my mind.”

Tails of Recovery: Addicts and the Pets That Love Them

In active addiction, I could tolerate nothing without abusing pain medication. Before I knew it, I had turned a useful tool (medication) into a tool of destruction, because I believed I needed it to cope with my life and my pain. Then I entered recovery, and as my head cleared, I realized that in the process of trying to fix my chronic pain I had broken my ability to handle life on life’s terms.

One indispensible ingredient of a life of peace and harmony is an acceptance, or a tolerance for, all the feelings I experience on any given day. I embrace multiple feelings, and am able to do this through an increased spiritual connection with a power greater than myself. Left to my own devices I cannot tolerate anything, but with the help of a loving higher power I can tolerate all that life has to offer.

I build my tolerance for all my feelings by continually focusing on my relationship with a higher power. I set myself expectations that I am able to reach. I do not set myself up for failure. Instead, I try to set myself up for success. Having faith that my pain is tolerable for the day allows me to focus on my recovery.