Therapeutic Value

There have been so many times during my recovery when by picking up the phone, going to a meeting, talking with my sponsor or helping another addict. What ever problem 'I thought' I had was no longer a problem. I have learned that by myself I am a dangerous person. My idea will be to wreck havoc and chaos upon the land. That will be my best thinking which is what got me here in the first place. When I reach out and talk with another addict WE decide that I am totally crazy at that moment in time and then WE have a good laugh at our insanity.

I read today about a Doctor who when his wife told him he was drinking too much at home, he took his alcohol to the office and drank there. According to him it made perfect sense to him. We have a disease of perception. We have an Ego that will tell us that when we take a revolver, fill all the chambers with bullets, put the gun to our head and pull the trigger, nothing will happen to us because we are invincible.

My recovery has taught me to pick up the phone, go to a meeting, call my sponsor or reach out my hand to a fellow addict. If WE do his one day at a time we might make it through that one day clean and sober.