Recovery Work Isn't Only For Emergencies

Recovery Work Isn’t Only For Emergencies.

Lucia Berlin said,“Fear, poverty, alcoholism, and loneliness are terminal illnesses. Emergencies, in fact.”

During my drinking and using days, I always had some type of crisis going on. I acted like they were big emergencies, hijacked everyone around me, and got them to buy in to my self-created drama.
  
 Truth be told, when I was in my cups, I fled from your emergencies. My biggest emergency was, I kept burning down my own life. Thankfully, when all that was left of that life was a smoldering pile of embers, I found the rooms of recovery.
  
 Once here, I thought I was going to learn how to control my drinking and using without letting life get to emergency crisis mode. Instead, I found happy people, walking through life with grace and dignity, not needing to drink or use drugs to manage anything.
  
 So, I stuck around, did what they did, and got similar results. I not only learned tools to mitigate my future emergencies, but to also bring peace, love, and strength to other people’s emergencies.
  
 Today, I know that foxhole prayer, meditation, and service will occasionally help during an emergency. But, when we stick together, and do the work consistently, everything we ever need is available to us, anytime we need it.

We close with the 11th step st francis prayer meditation to help bring us more peace and love to our hearts and minds.

I’m Kirk Waterman, thank you for joining us. Aloha!

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