Uncle Jeff and Niece Iysa
A recovering addict wrote to me: My boyfriend and I got married! We are living happily with my stepdaughter. I’m so grateful that this is what God has in store for me after all those years of being lost. I guess you could say I’ve been in training for this exact moment all my life. “God only gives us what we can handle.” He prepares us and every day it all makes more and more sense. I wonder if other people feel that way; that every moment leading up to the one right now is right where you should be, embrace it, take it all in, enjoy or don’t enjoy it but you’re right where you need to be. Only my clear mind can think that way. My sick alcoholic mind couldn’t think past the surface.
My reflection: When my son was in active addiction, part of me wanted to believe that everything would be fine while another part was terrified that he wouldn’t live another day. These stories of hope are critical reminders that recovery can and does happen.
Today’s Promise to consider: People break the chains of addiction every day and we need to celebrate their triumphs. It takes tremendous courage for an addicted person to change his or her life. Let us all stand together with encouragement and hope.
Thank you Libby for your weekly messages.. Hope is my word of the new year. Even though my son is in active addiction The one thing I can do is hope he has a moment of clarity and seek recovery .It will take courage in the battle of this disease Recovery is possible. Praying always
Thanks, Karen. I join you in HOPE as my word for the new year, too. It takes courage – for our sons and for us. Prayers in abundance.