{"id":2446,"date":"2025-06-21T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:30:32","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-june-21st-by-chris-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days June 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-26f88d9ea7673a2c9e01daed54e66154\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly<\/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-ab5d0d63eb8fdddd9d1f293b4ca15607\"><strong>Empathy<\/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-df6277a11bfc9b73f900445e407ba4eb\"><strong>A person with a big ego will struggle to find the<br>empathy needed to offer true kindness. Addicted<br>people are sick people, not bad people. They<br>deserve to be treated the same as anyone in need of<br>health care. When the day comes that they ask for<br>help, it is important that they receive a good<br>response. Most people in recovery never forget the<br>welcome and the kindness that they received at their<br>first meeting. The memory remains, because people<br>remember how they felt at times of great stress. Will<br>I show kindness and empathy when I offer help to<br>an addicted person?<\/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-0da343608a559e5df69b945d77b0ea92\"><strong>The first stages of recovery are a time of great<br>vulnerability. Is is a common experience that unites<br>us in fellowship. The kindness and support that we<br>all receive is a precious thing that we must keep<br>alive by passing it on like an Olympic torch. In<br>doing so, we are passing on our power &#8211; Higher<br>Power. Today I ask God that I will always pass on<br>what I receive.<br>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/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 close eyes briefly Empathy A person with a big ego will struggle to find theempathy needed to offer true kindness. Addictedpeople are sick people, not bad people. 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