{"id":1805,"date":"2025-12-21T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:48:24","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-december-21st-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1805","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days December 21st by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydays<\/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-26f88d9ea7673a2c9e01daed54e66154\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly<\/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-8f792df470eaaa9319a060246c08b00e\"><strong><br>Music<\/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-1a4fc08a85550fd80b42331893aad60e\"><strong><em>When words leave off, music begins.<br>Heinrich Heine.<\/em><\/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-930ad44d0973448173d0a5d1f8abc147\"><strong><br>Sometimes, in moments of great stress we can\u2019t<br>handle words, they\u2019re just too much for our tortured<br>brain. But music has the power to soothe us beyond<br>words. If you\u2019re withdrawing from drug addiction or<br>just unable to sleep, music can be the balm that<br>soothes your troubled soul. Therapists have long<br>known the power of music to penetrate where words<br>are not meaningful or even welcome. In times of<br>meditation and reflection, we learn to find and enjoy<br>inner peace. Am I willing to use all the tools of<br>recovery that are available?<\/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-b143a2dd11abc5f4823855c05604e128\"><strong>Much of recovery requires positive action as well as<br>understanding of what needs to be done. We<br>succeed because we believe that the changes we<br>make are right. You can train a horse to dance but<br>humans cannot simply be trained, they need to be<br>persuaded. Self-improvement is a complex business<br>involving heart, mind and spirit. Music has great<br>power to change. Today I give thanks for the music<br>that is in me.<\/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 close eyes briefly Music When words leave off, music begins.Heinrich Heine. Sometimes, in moments of great stress we can\u2019thandle words, they\u2019re just too much for our torturedbrain. 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