{"id":1254,"date":"2024-07-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2024-07-18T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:01:19","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-19th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 19th 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-5d142d275b5be46941d6220e37268594\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/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-289b2fc666045648611131bbd291ef67\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<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-5797dc37b34ea04111ab2b282d01446e\"><strong>YouTube\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_ch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a97d8e80686b0f64e0350ac53416fe5b\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 relax your whole body gradually <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-44c6937e785e93f01a8fdf5f9d779b5e\"><strong>Power of addiction <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-04110b0d96db30e0396d88537a154fd5\"><strong>Chronicles relate that in 1066 the English passed the night before the battle of Hastings in drinking. The Normans spent the time confessing their sins. The English had a&nbsp;reputation as heavy drinkers even then, although drunkenness was considered a&nbsp;double sin under the two headings of gluttony and selfdestruction (thou shalt not kill). Seeing alcohol abuse as a&nbsp;slow form of suicide has not deterred many drinkers. Nor have any other intellectual arguments. It seems it is only when the pain of addiction becomes greater than the pain of stopping that we seek help. Do&nbsp;I&nbsp;recognise the power of addiction to kill me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9e774072a4b5d898990207f134adab8e\"><strong> Sometimes it all seems too much. We try everything we can think of to stop our addictive behaviour, and we still fail but we keep on trying. We will succeed eventually. With our Higher Power, we will prevail because we now have something greater than addiction. We have discovered that there are better choices than addiction \u2013 ones with more power to help us. I&nbsp;ask today that I&nbsp;will never give in to the power of addiction.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p YouTube\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_ch Remember Mindfulness \u2013 relax your whole body gradually Power of addiction Chronicles relate that in 1066 the English passed the night before the battle of Hastings in drinking. 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