{"id":2137,"date":"2026-03-21T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2026-03-21T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:04:19","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-march-21st-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days March 21st 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-efc94c6b6cdf343ede299cbd69f6a8ec\"><strong>Truth<\/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-b758c41a55db3045a4ca88fddac5f0bb\"><strong><em>To thine own self be true.<br>W. Shakespeare, Hamlet.<\/em><br>Shakespeare\u2019s famous words can sound like an easy<br>ride to some but an impossibility to others. And how<br>many addicted people can look at themselves in the<br>mirror after a heavy binge and think that they have<br>followed that advice? Self-deception, dangerous<br>living and over-indulgence are not what the Bard<br>had in mind. In the sober light of recovery, the<br>words of a different play spring to mind:<br><em>And all our yesterdays have lighted fools<br>the way to dusty death.<br>W. Shakespeare, Macbeth.<\/em><br>Can I make the reality of my addicted past a<br>deterrent to ever repeating it?<\/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-adbd705cf656a137912559f0feb91e66\"><strong>The past cannot be changed and dwelling on the<br>past can have a negative effect on our wellbeing.<br>Nevertheless, former misdeeds recalled in sobriety,<br>can be a weapon against relapse. Today I will make<br>the best use of whatever resources I have within me.<\/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 Truth To thine own self be true.W. Shakespeare, Hamlet.Shakespeare\u2019s famous words can sound like an easyride to some but an impossibility to others. 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