{"id":2012,"date":"2026-02-13T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:03:30","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-february-13th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2012","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days February 13th 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-b3e61faa9aa3f34b0201722948a0e43e\"><strong>Openness<\/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-92e828aa69ab34a20691186fcfc7df75\"><strong><br>Addiction for most people seems to happen in three<br>phases: first you get to like it, in the same way you<br>like a cheeseburger. Then you feel the attraction as<br>a relationship, as between a beautiful girl or boy.<br>Lastly, you discover you really need it, like the air you<br>breathe. To recover from addiction, we must create a<br>precisely opposite scenario: first view it as a toxic air<br>that will kill you. Secondly, see your relationship as<br>damagingly co-dependent and to be immediately<br>severed. Thirdly, recognise that you have been liking<br>something much worse than a piece of junk food &#8211;<br>one that can kill you. Have I the ability to see the<br>reality of my addiction and the will to 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-c78d35867a8bf6826c619e97ff80ff8d\"><strong><br>In Islam, the Prophet Mohammed stated that<br>intoxicants such as alcohol, and gambling are but<br>defilement from the work of Satan and thus<br>forbidden. Even selling or making alcohol is<br>forbidden. There is much to be admired in his<br>writings on the subject: they show an<br>understanding of the effect of such behaviour on a<br>person\u2019s morals and mental faculties as well as<br>physical damage to the body. I ask God to help me in<br>abstaining from addictive substances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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 Openness Addiction for most people seems to happen in threephases: first you get to like it, in the same way youlike a cheeseburger. Then you feel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2012\">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],"class_list":["post-2012","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","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=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2014"}],"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=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}