{"id":849,"date":"2024-04-14T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=849"},"modified":"2024-04-12T07:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T06:23:16","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-14th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 14th 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-f70c3823c45ab8d457fcefc0c9a7097e\"><strong>View VIDEO on facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/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-465ca242d124040d4544432548894614\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc<\/a><\/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-8a3716477049fee3e88277c5f009ee5e\"><em><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Fellowship and connection<\/h4>\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-529c81728a55631c94b571f10f2863b0\"><em><strong>We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.<\/strong><\/em><\/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-24ad18957599c467d1cae8023626f4c0\"><strong><em>Shakespeare,<\/em> <em>King<\/em> <em>Henry<\/em> <em>V.<\/em><\/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-0cde7b925a2a7222794d0faea6d26662\"><strong>Whether we have actually shed blood or not, all of us addicted people have been in a fight and this common experience gives us a strong sense of fellowship and a sense of purpose too. Brotherhood and sisterhood are great words that bring us a sense of connection and togetherness at a crucial time in our lives. For most people, doing something as part of a group or team gives more satisfaction than doing it alone. Am I glad of the feeling of team spirit and involvement that I get from belonging to a Twelve Step group?<\/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-c4694bf26deb241e6327b3dac4faba71\"><strong>Attending a fellowship meeting and sitting alone at the back of the room, we can observe the other members and we can learn from their words of wisdom, but do we feel comfortable? If we feel welcome and if we interact with others, it is likely that we will enjoy the meeting more and leave with a warm feeling of having been a part of something, rather than having been just a spectator. Others, perhaps with more experience, have a responsibility to extend the hand of friendship but we have a responsibility to ourselves to make an effort to connect. Today I ask God for the courage to make the extra effort needed to come out of my isolation and meet new people.<\/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-3191c75ed37165a5598d96f8b0a3b6fb\"><em><strong>Today I Wil<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>l<\/em>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on facebook\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at\u00a0https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts Fellowship and connection We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=849\">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":[15,27,30,26,33,22],"class_list":["post-849","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-treatment","tag-connection","tag-daily-inspiration","tag-daily-reflections","tag-fellowship","tag-recovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","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=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/859"}],"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=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}