{"id":1995,"date":"2026-02-07T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:21:36","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-february-7th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days February 7th 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-36e7e3b9e24c892f8fe7f7ca3c7811f1\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 sit comfortably<\/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-308c82efc0f08b675e58851765297e48\"><strong><br>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-cdc9e7c1d79ee19d5834293ec56e6fd2\"><strong>Real connection is a joining of hearts and minds as<br>well as the physical contact of a handshake or a hug.<br>So much of our modern world involves illusion \u2013 the<br>face on TV, the social media friend, or the cheery<br>avatar in Meta-land. Do not be fooled, the only real<br>connections are traditional human contacts, warts<br>and all. The Twelfth Step is all about connection but<br>some of the earlier Steps deal with it too: Steps Five<br>and Nine, for example. Do I fully understand that<br>the only true connection comes from the sharing of<br>heart, body, and mind in the real world?<\/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-b4ce0544405d70bc7b3e01fbb33e9808\"><strong><em>St Paul said:<br>For now, we see through a glass, darkly; but<br>then face to face. Now I know in part; but<br>then, fully \u2013 just as God knows me.<\/em><br>In other words, true connection only happens when<br>we fully understand each other. And that goes not<br>just for connection with other people, but with God<br>as well. Today I ask God for the perseverance to<br>make connections because without it, there cannot<br>be love, kindness or true recovery.<\/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 sit comfortably Connection Real connection is a joining of hearts and minds aswell as the physical contact of a handshake or a hug.So much of our modern world &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1995\">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":[11,28,27,30,26,33,23,22,32],"class_list":["post-1995","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-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\/1995","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=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1996,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/1996"}],"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=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}