{"id":1879,"date":"2026-01-08T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:51:14","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-8th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1879","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days January 8th 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-b75f1de7aa034206d72d8246e0a89a81\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 relax your body<\/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-41494e092a52cf4bf328d2b7789c47de\"><strong>Asking for help<\/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-0caf9450806b2469844cbb0cbe3daa1c\"><strong>Help, I\u2019ve got a problem! The simplified version of<br>Step One begins like that, with good reason.<br>Learning to ride a bicycle for the first time, you<br>would probably ask for help without shame or<br>hesitation. Yet something stops us asking for help to<br>learn sobriety. Once again, our pride is to blame.<br>People in recovery know that it does them good to<br>help others and clearly, they are the people to ask<br>because they are demonstrably getting it right. Step<br>Two is about asking for help because we cannot do<br>this alone. Do I see the sense in asking for help?<\/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-48e5cdf44581c0e6e9a64ce23d9c776b\"><strong>If I am rigorously honest, I will recognise the need<br>for outside help. When I am dealing with something<br>as powerful as addiction, I need to find the most<br>powerful help available \u2013 my Higher Power, which<br>works not by a flash of light, but through other<br>people. There is no easy way \u2013 I must swallow my<br>pride and ask for help when I am struggling.<br>Perhaps a phone call. It could be the most important<br>call I ever make. May I have the honesty to<br>recognise when I am struggling, so that I may<br>overcome my pride and reach out to ask for help.<\/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 relax your body Asking for help Help, I\u2019ve got a problem! 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