Recovery is a Process: 3 of 12
Does addiction to substances hinder you from achieving your positive potential? Are you on a path to recovery? It's a tough road to travel and it's a process, not a destination. Fortunately there are others on the same road and they're called 12-step groups.
When it comes to recovery, you never arrive. To arrive, means to get there, to unpack, and relax, just like when you're on a vacation. To arrive also means to get to your designated area, just like at your job.
Some people like to believe that because they've abstained from their addiction for a while they're cured and no longer need to continue working on their recovery. However, here's proof that recovery is really a process in a 12-step program.
Here's something to think about in regards to the three proofs that recovery is a process in a 12-step program:
1. You admitted that you were powerless over your addiction, that your life had become unmanageable. To continue in your recovery and have a manageable life, you must admit your powerlessness. If you were to deny this first step you would be lying to yourself. Honesty is a process.
2. You came to believe that a Power greater than yourself could restore you to sanity. Restoration of your sanity is a gift that doesn't come overnight. It's the efforts and the belief that a Power greater than yourself can work with you to help restore you. Restoration is a process.
3. You made a decision to turn your will over to the care of God as you understood Him. When you made this decision, you took action with the awareness that you would get better results in your life by carrying out your Higher Power's will instead of your own. Turning your will over is a process.
With your daily practice of these three steps, you're proving that recovery is a process while reaping astounding benefits on your way to reaching your positive potential. Remember, when it comes to recovery, you never arrive. Apply these principles and you'll have your own proof that recovery is a process, it is not a destination.
Here's to your awesome day!
Writinghood
When it comes to recovery, you never arrive. To arrive, means to get there, to unpack, and relax, just like when you're on a vacation. To arrive also means to get to your designated area, just like at your job.
Some people like to believe that because they've abstained from their addiction for a while they're cured and no longer need to continue working on their recovery. However, here's proof that recovery is really a process in a 12-step program.
Here's something to think about in regards to the three proofs that recovery is a process in a 12-step program:
1. You admitted that you were powerless over your addiction, that your life had become unmanageable. To continue in your recovery and have a manageable life, you must admit your powerlessness. If you were to deny this first step you would be lying to yourself. Honesty is a process.
2. You came to believe that a Power greater than yourself could restore you to sanity. Restoration of your sanity is a gift that doesn't come overnight. It's the efforts and the belief that a Power greater than yourself can work with you to help restore you. Restoration is a process.
3. You made a decision to turn your will over to the care of God as you understood Him. When you made this decision, you took action with the awareness that you would get better results in your life by carrying out your Higher Power's will instead of your own. Turning your will over is a process.
With your daily practice of these three steps, you're proving that recovery is a process while reaping astounding benefits on your way to reaching your positive potential. Remember, when it comes to recovery, you never arrive. Apply these principles and you'll have your own proof that recovery is a process, it is not a destination.
Here's to your awesome day!
Writinghood
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Your Positive Potential
Inherent within each one of us is the seed for positive potential to make a contribution that benefits society.
Unfortunately some challenges in life hinder us from achieving our positive potential.
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Unfortunately some challenges in life hinder us from achieving our positive potential.
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