{"id":1964,"date":"2026-01-30T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:05:29","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-january-30th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1964","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days January 30th 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-c92c3be4aa006b0a35cf017c48990f97\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 breathe deeply<\/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-eade261b4124f95e8b56632b61c515ae\"><strong>Change<\/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-d02d3cb2042ba88ed520c6e49a1522f6\"><strong>People of faith seldom lack courage. It\u2019s usually a<br>quiet kind of courage that has its roots in self-regard<br>and love. When people talk about the courage to<br>change, they are usually implying a fear of some<br>kind, which is usually either of loss, of<br>independence, of commitment or of confrontation.<br>The fact is that when you commit yourself to<br>change, you are putting yourself on the spot because<br>you are raising expectations both in others and<br>yourself. When change happens, it is not always for<br>the good. The point is to make sure that the<br>benefits of your change far outweigh any possible<br>unwanted outcomes. Am I ready to make change<br>happen despite possible negative consequences?<\/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-9fbb793f5b622d8843cb8b31418cc343\"><strong>If I change myself, not everybody may be pleased.<br>Perhaps some, for example my drinking friends,<br>prefer me the way I was. If so, I must remember all<br>the good reasons I have to change. This is a crucial<br>moment in my life where I call upon my Higher<br>Power to strengthen and lead me into that \u2018arch of<br>experience wherethrough gleams the untravelled<br>world of happy sobriety\u2019. God grant me the courage<br>to change the things I can.<\/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 breathe deeply Change People of faith seldom lack courage. It\u2019s usually aquiet kind of courage that has its roots in self-regardand love. 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