Togetherness
“Take my hand, and no matter how dark the night,
the light of day will come, and we will share the tomorrow.”
Ken Grant
When we first walk into our recovery rooms, we are all afraid: afraid of more rejection, afraid of more failure, and afraid of more loneliness. Once we sit and listen, we realize that we are not much different than the other people there. We ease up, start sharing, begin trusting our Higher Power and ourselves more.
Our darkness of the past is drawn out by our sharing with other addicts. We realize our deep, dark secrets are not as bad as we thought.
We are not alone! Then hand-in-hand, we begin climbing the ladder of recovery and the light of day begins to shine brighter and brighter.
One Day at a Time . . .
When we let our guard down and let Higher Power
and other people in, we learn that at the end of a
dark day is the light of our next today. We learn
that together we can do what we can never do alone.
~ Jeanette
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We are not alone anymore! We have found others who share our struggles & who 'get it'. We are no longer the odd-man out in a world composed of normal weight individuals and/or normal eaters, although those statistics seem to be dwindling constantly! "Normal" eating has degenerated into fast food and candy bars, with children unable to recognize fruits & vegetables.
With an abstinent lifestyle, we learn to CREATE 'normal' FOR ourselves, by following a structured food plan. We draw together with other addicts, realizing our deep dark secrets are not as bad as we thought; that we ALL share them.
We stop isolating and feeling lost inside of our own compulsive thinking, as we reach out & share our experience, strength & hope with others who suffer.
We no longer worry about rejection, failure & loneliness. We have found a better way, together, one day at a time.
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