Recovering takes practice

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Recovering takes practice.

No one learns how to play golf in a day, or masters a musical instrument in
a week, or builds a relationship in a month. Neither does recovery happen
overnight.

If we're ready and lucky, we may immediately take the direct path of
abstinence and stay on it without making any detours. When that occurs, it's
wonderful, but it's just a beginning. Recovering is more than abstaining
from overeating, bingeing and purging, or restricting. Recovering is a new
way of life that involves our entire being.

What, when, and how much we eat is the starting point. Then we move on to
how we think, feel, act, and believe. Before we're very far along the path,
we realize we're learning a whole new way of orienting ourselves to the
events of every day. It feels good, and the more we practice, the more
complete our recovery.

I give thanks for another day to practice recovering.

Today's meditation comes from the book
Inner Harvest
by Elizabeth L. C