The unavoidable realities of life force us to realize that we need help. We need to admit to someone else that we are out of control and desperately lonely. Much to our surprise, we find that this moment of painful but honest self-knowledge can be the starting point for a life of recovery. One of the basic strengths of the recovery movement is its acknowledgement of our need for interdependence. Recovery from past wounds or from present addictions does not happen in isolation.
Recovery takes place in community.
It happens in fellowship with others. Fellowship gives opportunity to practice self-awareness, honesty, respectful listening, constructive conflict and making amends. It allows us to come to a place where we can accept our need of others and their need of us. It offers the joy that can come from knowing and loving each other as people of dignity and worth. May your find fellowship in your recovery.