We had learned not to feel, and in recovery we learn to feel. We had learned either not to need other people at all or to be excessively dependent on other people, and in recovery we learn to need other people in appropriate ways. These are significant changes. But, they are not irreversible changes. We can go back to silence, emotional numbness and unhealthy relationships.
Recovery is necessarily therefore a new way of life.
It is a daily pressing on. Lord, you have brought me so far. I am grateful for all I have gained. But, I want to press on. I want to continue to grow.