Posts in Recovery
If you’ve struggled to find the right support-group meeting, you’re not alone.
Even after all these years of recovery I catch myself having expectations for Valentine’s Day. How many resentments it has caused. Dates, boyfriends, husbands. Even knowing that Valentine’s Day is a commercially created day, the cultural pressure exists. How do recovering people practice loving kindness for ourselves and others on Valentine’s Day?
Those of us that live life in recovery know full well the value that daily rituals provide us in our journey for wellness. Our daily rituals don’t set us apart; they bring us closer together.
The suggestions I share with the men I sponsor, like the suggestions I receive from my own sponsor, are never construed as proscriptions, much less ultimatums. In the end, we all make our own decisions on how to behave.
