{"id":2131,"date":"2026-03-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:44:35","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-march-19th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2131","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days March 19th 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-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-76d19bad0576b08619ca24caa55d49b1\"><strong>Responsibility for 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-cc996c504b53aaa073c52ba23308404c\"><strong>Newcomers to Twelve Step fellowships are often<br>advised to stop focusing on why they are addicted<br>and instead think on what they can do about it.<br>Discovering a reason for your addiction might seem<br>like a way of resolving a problem easily, but in truth<br>there may be no reason, except that you\u2019re an<br>addicted person. Seeking a reason may well be a<br>device to avoid the pain of having to make some<br>life-changing decisions. Far better to focus on<br>positive action and take responsibility for change.<br>Am I prepared to face the reality of my addiction<br>and take responsibility for 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-4a3491f9e5dcc3f232e47e4966e78a9c\"><strong>When we embark upon a searching and fearless<br>personal inventory at Step Four, it may help us to<br>reflect that a life of total dedication to the truth is a<br>reasonable aspiration for anyone. It is likely to<br>result in true peace of mind, but it will not be easy.<br>It does require continuous self-appraisal as<br>recommended in Step Ten. Yet the feeling of relief<br>when we have completed Steps Four and Five will<br>be enormous. Today I ask for the strength to be                                                                                       fearless and thorough in taking personal inventory.<\/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 review expectations Responsibility for change Newcomers to Twelve Step fellowships are oftenadvised to stop focusing on why they are addictedand instead think on what they can do about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2131\">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":[11,28,27,30,33,23,22,32],"class_list":["post-2131","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-fellowship","tag-meditation","tag-recovery","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131","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=2131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2133,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions\/2133"}],"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=2131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}