“The therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel”
If you have never been in the throws of active addiction I can only compare it to a type of war, with constant and daily losing battles. You are trapped in a world where you believe the chemical substance is the one thing that is holding you together. It is the only thing where you are finding relief and the only thing that you MUST have at all costs.
We come into recovery beaten up beyond belief, never mind what we did to the people that trusted and loved us. We are physically, mentally and spiritually depleted. Most of us are half dead in some way shape or form. We have lost ourselves completely and any connection to other humans seems very foreign.
Until…you meet another at a recovery meeting or a rehab…who says “yeah me too.” Your heart starts to open and there is the first sign of hope that you just might be able to live through the day without a substance. You might be able to live through the day without beating yourself up in a fashion that only we can do.
As an addict in recovery, we freely give to others what was freely given to us. This gift is another addict sharing with me the horrors of their active addiction AND how they got out of that pure hell on earth. How they remained clean for one day and how they handle situations without picking up a substance. That is what I call grace.
The amazing thing is when we share with others and not expect anything in return we start to become the true spiritual beings that we are meant to be.
It is truly a miracle to witness someone who was once a liar, cheat and a thief to start giving of themselves without looking for anything in return.
If you are an addict in recovery or you know of one – you are witnessing a miracle! Yahooo!
The daily addict 
Another amazing blog. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽❤️
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