{"id":1982,"date":"2026-02-05T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:21:16","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-february-5th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1982","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days February 5th 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-66adf122f1ce98ada33ab388cc6da6bf\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts<\/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-c44e09b5142c820eb11464ae9bb36175\"><strong>Re-connection<\/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-907b513d119d1f7946ab419705f39e01\"><strong><br>Addiction is many things but especially, it is an<br>attachment disorder. Humans are hardwired to need<br>love and connection to othe<\/strong>r<strong>s but that seems to<br>happen less and less. The large family became the<br>small family and then quite often, the single parent<br>family. And physical interaction is being replaced by<br>online contact. The old saying: \u2018It takes a village to<br>raise a child\u2019 seems less meaningful these days.<br>Nobody really knows what impact gradual<br>disconnection has on emotional life, especially for<br>children. Addiction makes isolation worse. To<br>recover, we must reconnect. Am I ready to reconnect<br>to my fellow men and women?<\/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-5db38140c324a3215dc450da10f34ce0\"><strong>Author Johann Hari concludes that the opposite of<br>addiction is not sobriety, but connection. He sees<br>addiction as a response to deep unhappiness<br>caused by disconnection between humans. I<br>can improve my wellbeing and sense of<br>belonging simply by working on existing<br>relationships and forming new ones. It is all part of<br>taking positive action. I ask God to grant me the<br>courage to improve my sense of connection and<br>offer the hand of friendship.<\/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 send positive thoughts Re-connection Addiction is many things but especially, it is anattachment disorder. 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