{"id":2230,"date":"2026-04-15T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:12:40","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-15th-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2230","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 15th 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-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes<br>Unity<br>For a Twelve Step group to be successful, there are<br>said to be six essentials:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Fellowship<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Faith in a Higher Power<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Service<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-84f78e7562ec4727b8f9a713e2f462c5\"><strong>Humility<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1bec6ac1422bb34cee64757449c5ea22\"><strong>Gratitude.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e576292ffe07f1acef79e2815a0b2bb1\"><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-aad02e4a3c02cab59dc239356510c85c\"><strong>Where members can regularly demonstrate all these<br>things, the group is likely to thrive and the outcome<br>for newcomers will be good. Am I ready to make<br>every effort to ensure the success of my group?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2e117f683cdc630b0e928c3ab0314ffd\"><strong><br>Learning to live unselfishly takes practice. The need<br>to prioritise my addiction made me a highly selfish<br>person. Only a conscious effort to do things<br>differently, on a daily basis, will enable me<br>to change. I need help from my Higher<br>Power. Reading some of the stories of<br>unselfishness and helping others, either of the<br>founding fathers of AA and NA or in the lives of<br>the Saints, gives me daily inspiration. 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