{"id":1911,"date":"2026-01-15T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:31:35","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-15th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1911","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days January 15th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">View VIDEO on FView 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\/@recoverydaysacebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/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-f041d952a2dc73916914b816098e2777\"><strong>Belonging<\/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-e5536a1cb08ad7b6807d4a855a243836\"><strong>One of the major requirements for a contented life is<br>said to be a sense of belonging. The desire to belong<br>is a human need that goes back to the earliest tribes<br>in history. The opposite state \u2013 isolation \u2013 is for<br>many people almost unbearable. Yet, being<br>surrounded by other human beings doesn\u2019t<br>guarantee a sense of belonging. For that, we need<br>identification and interaction too. So, if you attend<br>an AA meeting, but you secretly think you are<br>somehow different, you are unlikely to identify with<br>people there and will feel an outsider, however<br>crowded the room. Am I ready to look for<br>similarities in others, rather than differences?<\/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-abae222a1dce1309ad5bbe158b03e9a8\"><strong><em>How very much alike all of us<br>alcoholics are, when we admit that<br>the chips are finally down. Bill W.<\/em><br>All of us in recovery are travelling the same road. No<br>wonder we feel a strong sense of kinship and<br>understanding. But to experience this to the full, we<br>must share our experiences with complete candour.<br>Steps Four and Five help us. Today I ask for the<br>courage to share my character defects openly and<br>honestly so that I allow others to identify with me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on FView VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;Tiktok.com\/@recoverydaysacebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Remember Mindfulness \u2013 relax your body Belonging One of the major requirements for a contented life issaid to be a sense of belonging. 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