Over thirty years ago, I accepted an invitation to recover from my addiction to substances. It was the right move.
I feel a lot of gratitude for the opportunity to recover, and even more than that, I sometimes think that I'm a bit of a freaking miracle. You may be one too.
I wonder sometimes why I was able to survive my deadly condition when so many others have not. Do you wonder that too?
My living gratitude is to ensure that other women know the invitation to recover is there for them too. Not that we need to fully host their recovery if they accept the invitation, but that we can share all we know about the ways there are to recover and then invite them to get curious about what will work best for them.
Sometimes we need to recognize that they aren't ready to accept the invitation to explore recovery. That doesn't mean they won't be ready one day.