There is something completely unknowable about the power of connection for women in recovery. I witness the healing that takes place when someone shares her hopes, her desires, or her innermost fears or traumas, and another woman nods in understanding.
I see the connection; I feel it. The power of me too is indescribable, as we have all learned in recent years.
I understand the psychology of spiritual support, that when we offer genuine compassion, encouragement, and reassurance, people feel safer to explore and experience their own healing. I know that we can support people verbally and with nonverbal cues.
It all makes sense in my head. But I cannot and may never be able to explain how and why connection can bond us women in recovery together so deeply and so quickly.
I can't think my way through to an understanding of the magic that often happens when circles of women gather in recovery. And I'm okay with not knowing exactly how and why it happens.