{"id":888,"date":"2024-04-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=888"},"modified":"2024-04-25T06:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T05:18:51","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-april-26th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days April 26th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Remember<\/strong> <\/strong>Mindfulness<\/strong> <\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> <\/strong>relax<\/strong> <\/strong>your<\/strong> <\/strong>whole<\/strong> <\/strong>body<\/strong> <\/strong>gradually<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning life\u2019s lessons<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Anyone in recovery who reads Alice in Wonderland would be likely to see it as an allegory about addiction. A solitary young girl disappears down a rabbit hole into a sometimes- frightening fantasy world where she discovers mind and body- altering substances. It is also a story about self-discovery: Who in the world am I? <\/em>she asks. She learns too about growing up and making the right choices. By the end of the book, Alice is behaving like an adult: It\u2019s no use going back to yesterday, <\/em>she says, because I was a different person then. <\/em>The book can help us understand how to deal with the challenges of growing up, although there is no evidence that the author Lewis Carroll had addiction in mind. Am I open to learning some simple lessons in life from all kinds of sources?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re all mad here. I\u2019m mad. You\u2019re mad. How do you know I\u2019m mad? said Alice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must be, said the Cat, or you wouldn\u2019t have come here. But let me tell you something. The best people usually are.  Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such wise words of acceptance. I\u2019ve heard very similar things at AA meetings. Today I ask God for the wisdom to know that I have an illness that is mental, physical, and spiritual, but I can live with it.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I Will<\/em><\/strong>…………………………………………………………………………………………………..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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