{"id":2207,"date":"2026-04-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:46:47","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-9th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 9th 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-6fa82aa9d5efdf7fd4777697afdd3565\"><strong>Step Four<\/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-788b20a1c203c94e950701c86c721d27\"><strong>We think of integrity as being true to ourselves, but<br>what does this really mean? We expect to act in<br>accordance with our beliefs, values, and principles<br>but sometimes our thinking gets in the way, so we<br>act \u2018out of character\u2019. Perhaps we want to influence<br>somebody, perhaps out of fear or just sheer<br>confusion. Sometimes, newly-sober people are so<br>damaged by their addiction that they don\u2019t know<br>themselves at all and need to explore their<br>personality. Here, Step Four is useful. For many in<br>recovery, the chances of being true to themselves<br>are slim until they tackle this Step. Am I ready for<br>a searching and fearless personal inventory?<\/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-b38379e778d2863895ddd4cd7bdd768c\"><strong>If I have integrity, it will be recognised by others.<br>Many people pretend to be what they are not, but<br>others see this in their lack of calm and consistency.<br>Integrity gives us a quiet confidence and authority that<br>comes with peace of mind. With integrity, we will be<br>at ease with our Higher Power, secure in the<br>knowledge that we have been managing our affairs<br>in the right manner. Today I will seek to act<br>according to my beliefs and values in all my affairs.<\/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 Step Four We think of integrity as being true to ourselves, butwhat does this really mean? We expect to act inaccordance with our beliefs, values, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2207\">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":[11,15,28,27,30,26,33,23,22,32],"class_list":["post-2207","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","tag-recovery","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","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=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/2208"}],"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=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}