{"id":831,"date":"2024-04-11T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2024-04-09T07:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T06:25:05","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-11th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 11th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c9c79d449edcdca8b574e7853ea82174\"><strong>View VIDEO on facebook<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\"> <strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cb26051761b7935298f5d2485ee1de3c\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos a<\/strong>t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\"><strong>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 enjoy the moment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Higher Power<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong><em>How do I find the strength to quit? <\/em>This is usually the first question that newcomers to the Twelve Steps ask. They see happy sober people, but they can\u2019t understand the process. <em>How did you get like that, what\u2019s the secret? <\/em>They then ask. As many of those in the fellowships know, there are four sources of strength:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The fellowships \u2013 their support and example<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The sharing of experiences<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The belief in help from a Higher Power<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Working with other addicted people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-72b56b5b4b54f0cf533cfbfc048390ac\"><strong>The strength from these combined sources is more powerful than addiction itself. It can be felt in the meeting rooms. It is the power that always makes us feel better at the end of a meeting than we did at the start. It is Higher Power indeed.<\/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-54ce27dcd408e6d44fecb62b89bfe295\"><strong>It is not enough to know the power of fellowship, sharing, belief and passing the message. If I do not act upon my knowledge, it is all pointless. It is not the intention of my Higher Power that I should be the only person to benefit. If I do not pass on the message, I may lose the power. Today I ask God that I never cease in my mission to carry the message to other struggling addicted people.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc Remember Mindfulness \u2013 enjoy the moment Higher Power How do I find the strength to quit? 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