{"id":1945,"date":"2026-01-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:35:37","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-25th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days January 25th 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-782daad068584b6798565af9d6154218\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 review expectations<\/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-596bb4cb8bf73cbc73d34c4d8a5d2e00\"><strong>Boundaries<\/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-77cc3c6d215cbd0b2cda168e13159890\"><strong>Boundaries exist in three main forms &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-747781e3f9347243ded21b5621cdc25e\"><strong>Physical: you won\u2019t be physically pushed around<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fb76462d3634c8cc30e418d45b527b90\"><strong>Emotional: you won\u2019t be insulted or humiliated<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-39d5d7664e7fcdd732bd03dea2ab9dbc\"><strong>Mental: you won\u2019t be unduly affected mentally.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-62ac42ed7bda4c021b5271699f6005da\"><br><strong>Taking back control in these three areas can be<br>difficult. In extreme cases, where there has been<br>systematic abuse, professional help may be needed,<br>and we should not be ashamed of asking for help. It<br>is not uncommon for people in addiction to have<br>been subjected to psychological bullying. Have I<br>decided that enough is enough, that it is time to<br>establish healthy boundaries?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b78345820663e46d668fda3d00195317\"><strong><br>When I have healthy boundaries, I will be calmer,<br>stronger, and happier. I will have self-respect, a<br>sense of identity and meaningful relationships. I will<br>be able to say yes or no, without guilt, anger, or fear.<br>The help in doing this comes from my Higher<br>Power, which works through other people &#8211; my<br>friends in sobriety whose experience, strength and<br>hope will see me through. Today I ask my God to<br>stay beside me, as I practice setting healthy<br>boundaries and learn from the example and<br>experience of my friends in sobriety.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 review expectations Boundaries Boundaries exist in three main forms &#8211;<\/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-1945","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\/1945","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=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions\/1947"}],"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=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}