{"id":876,"date":"2024-04-22T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2024-04-21T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:16:02","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-22nd-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=876","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 22nd 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-8af3197cab742cd6115e0eaf225b2698\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook  <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-289b2fc666045648611131bbd291ef67\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<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=p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Progress, not perfection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Active addiction leads to a form of soul sickness. People become a poor imitation of the person they once were. But on sobering up, they come to themselves, as they come to their senses. The addicted self is not the real self. To some extent we are dual personalities who need to become whole again. That means to regain our integrity. It will require courage, honesty and realism but with the help of our Higher Power, it can be done. Carl Jung said in his letter to Bill W: <em>Alcoholism is a spiritual disease the basis of which is man\u2019s yearning for wholeness. <\/em>Am I ready to regain my true integrity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Many of us sought for completeness and wholeness in our addiction, but no addictive behaviour can provide such a thing. We can only find meaning and purpose in life through a belief in a Higher Power and the knowledge that we are doing what is right. Perfection is not required, only steady progress. Today I ask that I will do my best in everything I attempt and that every choice that I make today will be the best for the recovery of others and of myself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong><em>Today I Will<\/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;..<\/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&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly Progress, not perfection Active addiction leads to a form of soul sickness. People become a poor imitation of the person they once were. 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