{"id":1600,"date":"2025-10-16T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:37:15","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-october-16th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days October 16th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-551741cdb4b4efe03723a18ea0225230\"><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-black-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f8ed101762af1b26fb2bc4018e0c7643\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays\">Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays<\/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-3816eb3374079d9a3bc799bed45e332e\"><br><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 review expectations<\/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-6a6eed6a353174637f6f3af9221507ba\"><strong><br>Easy does it<\/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-01d5dae0c954c035a080e7bf1303e728\"><strong><br>Few people foresee happiness in the act of<br>surrender, yet that is what will happen for us, if we<br>take that first step. Yet we should not try too hard.<br>\u2018Easy does it\u2019 as they say in AA. Trying too hard, like<br>perfectionism can be self-defeating. Indeed, they<br>can be a sign that our acceptance is perhaps not as<br>wholehearted as we imagine. Far better to progress<br>at a steady pace and hand the process over to our<br>Higher Power. Am I aware of the dangers of trying<br>too hard?<\/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-78a9eef670cff843a4f71089edcef1ba\"><strong><br>Instead of driving ourselves to extremes of<br>thoroughness while doing the Steps, we could try<br>looking outside ourselves and helping others. There<br>are so many ways of doing this \u2013 service in<br>fellowships, taking the message to those struggling<br>with addiction, pulling one\u2019s weight in the family, or<br>extending the hand of friendship to complete<br>strangers who may be in difficulties. All these<br>actions benefit both giver and receiver, but they also<br>can serve as profound examples to others of positive<br>affirmative action. I ask that today I will do my best<br>and that every choice I make will be the right one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays Remember Mindfulness \u2013 review expectations Easy does it Few people foresee happiness in the act ofsurrender, yet that is what will happen for us, if wetake that first step. 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