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well i have been thinking about this topic for an hour now, and for me it is not about hardship, even though an addict expressed his opinion that it was two days ago.
for me, this reading seems to express that regardless of who i think i am, what happens in my life and how far that i believe that i have come along this journey, i am just another addict who has stayed clean for a number of days in a row. my recovery, my wisdom and my serenity are not based on my force of will. they are based in the common spiritual principles that i share with millions of other addicts around the world with whom i share a program of recovery. i do not have some inside line to knowledge beyond what is written in our literature. i do not have any insight into GOD'S will or the future and most of all i do not have either more or less recovery than any other addict in this program.
so that being said, i can heartily agree that my experience, strength and hope are just that, mine. they may provide a clue to some other's suffering but they do not make me wise or give any additional insight into the human condition nor do they provide the answers i need to live today without the program of recovery i have chosen today.
i am just a 'garden variety' addict with 'garden variety' recovery, just like the millions of others who i share this program with. and for me, today, that is more than enough!
∞ DT ∞