{"id":2145,"date":"2026-03-23T18:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:34:52","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-march-23rd-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2145","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days March 23rd 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-4c4221a0dad19d1bba7fde8bfc3ce0d3\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 enjoy the moment<\/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-08cfae44d641860481c17fbd7f0cdc98\"><strong><br>A second chance at life<\/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-12384a0b67df78e83d47c30be8b190c9\"><strong>A second chance at life deserves a second look.<br>Some people suggest that the word \u2018recovery\u2019<br>would be better put as \u2018discovery\u2019 or \u2018re-creation\u2019<br>because happy sobriety is about more than just<br>getting well \u2013 it is about getting \u2018better than well\u2019. The<br>joy of recovery lies in knowing we are doing things<br>right at last, that we feel good about ourselves,<br>we are physically well and that we belong in the<br>human family. Isn\u2019t that better than the life of<br>desperation that I had before? No wonder that<br>fellowship meetings are full of happiness and<br>laughter. Am I ready to grasp the opportunity of<br>recovery and to make it a re-creation of my life?<\/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-cd96817e636474d6f526045039c4d978\"><strong>The scourge of addiction is a desperate time, but<br>recovery should mean happiness. I must not take<br>myself too seriously.<br><em>There is a time to break down and a time to<br>build up; a time to weep and a time to laugh.<br>A time to mourn and a time to dance. There<br>is nothing better, than that a man should<br>rejoice in his own works. Ecclesiastes.<\/em><br>Today I thank God for giving me a second chance<br>at life and I commit to doing my best.<\/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 enjoy the moment A second chance at life A second chance at life deserves a second look.Some people suggest that the word \u2018recovery\u2019would be better put as \u2018discovery\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2145\">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":[11,28,27,33,32],"class_list":["post-2145","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-fellowship","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145","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=2145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2152,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145\/revisions\/2152"}],"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=2145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}