{"id":1210,"date":"2024-07-11T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:45:59","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-11th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 11th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b857c91c17eb0fc731a5772d74e45069\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8af3197cab742cd6115e0eaf225b2698\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d81c49c14413c8f8c690b22a31a83cdc\"><strong>YouTube  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chri<\/a>s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Understanding the obsession of addiction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">JRR Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings has been cited by some as a metaphor for addiction. The Ring works its magic on all who seek it, rendering some hopelessly obsessed. The effect it has in particular on its custodian Gollum\u2019s personality and physique are reminiscent of drugs such as heroin. Gollum is entirely consumed by his attachment to the Ring. Nothing else is as important and his mental and moral standards deteriorate markedly. Interestingly, the power of the Ring to corrupt the likes of Gollum was not equal to ensnaring the \u2018good\u2019 characters of Gandalf and Frodo. They seem to have won through largely because of the support, strength, and unity they found in each other\u2019s company \u2013 a bit like AA. There is no evidence that Tolkien had drugs in mind. Am I ready to learn lessons of recovery from many sources? <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">I must never forget the corrupting power of alcohol and drugs. A glass of beer or a puff of weed can seem such a minor event but their potential for mayhem is immense. Regular drug use can impair a person\u2019s ability to choose right from wrong. Empathy and the understanding of other people\u2019s emotions are also found at reduced levels in drug users. I will remember that a small drink of alcohol does no harm to some people, but it contains the potential to change me from Gandalf into Gollum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p View VIDEO on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly Understanding the obsession of addiction JRR Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings has been cited by some as a metaphor for addiction. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1210\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}