How serious are you about your recovery?

[Jill]

I take my recovery very serious but I have learned that I also can have fun in recovery! I really love recovery, it's my life and I don't think I would be alive today if I didn't find 12 step programs and a Higher Power! Jill

[sobertogod1]

I'm as serious as a heart attack but i don't live with what seemed impending doom.
Only one day at a time and that only through Christ my Lord and His provision.
"Ask Him for the day and thank Him at night. I consider myself fully recovered which is
many times stated in the Big Book. All I have now is a life free from the craving and my sanity
is restored to the day. My only defense is: DONT PICK UP EVERY DAY!! GARY

[Mark S]

Well, let's see ..... hmmmm .... feeding my disease was a full time job with lot's of OT and I should have been compensated with hazard pay too. But Alas I never got more than my normal salary, unless you count the misery and the legal problems. The only pay-back I ever got was that first high, and the lie that I could acheive that space again if only I - used enough, risked enough, foresaked enough, spent enough, and degraded myself enough. to chase that Lie I was willing to shell out - my cash, my career, my family, my life, my safety, and my soul.

To answer though, I seriously rejoice in my recovery today, and still am amazed that an addict like me can get clean and like it. Today I'm 2 days shy of 24 years clean, and I still am in wonderment at how 12 little Steps can make such a profound difference in someone that used to be tirelessly dedicated to his own demise. So how serious should I be ? Serious enough to work the Steps every day. That gets me one more day clean