{"id":1918,"date":"2026-01-17T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:49:14","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-17th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1918","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery days January 17th 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-16cc0ed97d871aa1115cc4639baecfba\"><strong>On this day in 1919 Prohibition became law in U SA<\/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-891f4f6fff35d8a52e04653edf955713\"><strong><br>Comfort zones<\/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-6f6147e6141bb2de43daecf180ab9506\"><strong>I wouldn\u2019t want to join a club that would have me as a<br>member is more than just a funny quip from Groucho<br>Marx. It also sounds like the sad cry of a<br>person stuck in self-pity and self-dislike. That\u2019s<br>probably why it resonates with many who<br>struggle with addiction. Recovery is about<br>coming out of our comfort zones, something<br>many desperate people are reluctant to do,<br>because their familiar unhappiness is less<br>challenging than the idea of change. Even if we<br>have problems with our self-image, we should dig<br>deep to risk doing something new. Am I ready to<br>come out of my comfort zone?<\/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-116b283806c1ca4ec30a7a2b3b8f3f2e\"><strong><br>Today I reflect on the difference between being a fully<br>established member of a team or club, and being an<br>outsider, a mere spectator. To feel myself part of a team<br>is inspiring. I recognise the example we give. We will<br>not let each other down. To the spectator, our band<br>of brothers is enviable. When I was a spectator, I<br>knew I was missing something, but I didn\u2019t know<br>how to get it. I should have asked, but my denial<br>held me back. Today, I know better. Today I<br>give thanks for a fellowship that welcomes me as<\/strong><br>a member.<\/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 On this day in 1919 Prohibition became law in U SA Comfort zones I wouldn\u2019t want to join a club that would have me as amember is more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1918\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,31,20],"tags":[11,15,28,27,30,26,33,23,22,32],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addiction-recovery-2","category-behavioural-addiction-2","category-daily-inspiration","category-living-skills","tag-addiction-recovery","tag-addiction-treatment","tag-castle-craig","tag-connection","tag-daily-inspiration","tag-daily-reflections","tag-fellowship","tag-meditation","tag-recovery","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1920,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/1920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}