{"id":1653,"date":"2025-10-31T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:56:49","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-october-31st-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1653","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from recovery Days October 31st 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-8a52cb339febc663195a0b0aac892ded\"><\/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-66adf122f1ce98ada33ab388cc6da6bf\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts<\/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-9e41efca2eefef42c773ee148b12ae5e\"><strong><br>Cognitive dissonance<\/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-7f048f73d9a804ee5ca0112bc2885632\"><strong><br>Cognitive dissonance arises when our desires do<br>not match our values and beliefs. When our actions<br>come at the cost of overriding what we know we<br>should be doing, the internal conflict requires us to<br>construct excuses &#8211; a fundamentally dishonest<br>response. The ancient fable of the fox and the grapes<br>tells the story of a fox that tries and tries to reach some<br>grapes but cannot, so he tells himself that he didn\u2019t<br>really want them after all. \u2018Sour grapes\u2019 is a common<br>response to cognitive dissonance. Most great<br>negative historic events were perpetrated by people<br>who told themselves they were doing the right thing<br>when really, they were motivated by greed.<br>Christopher Columbus discovering the New World<br>is an obvious example. Addictive behaviour is full of<br>cognitive dissonance, but recovery must be<br>different. Do I check my motives and the choices I<br>make, to avoid cognitive dissonance? <\/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-19b37dba5772cf7b8ab4183c15752b39\"><strong><br>I must be able to recognise when I am at fault and<br>make an honest attempt to do better. Today I ask for<br>rigorous honesty to make sure that I stay on the<br>right track.<\/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;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts Cognitive dissonance Cognitive dissonance arises when our desires donot match our values and beliefs. 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