There’s a dangerous illusion that often precedes a relapse. It’s justification and deceptive confidence when we mistake abstinence for sobriety. Emotional sobriety goes far deeper than just staying dry. Showing up to sobriety meetings maintain my spiritual condition one day at a time. I’ve seen it play out both ways this week: one friend stopped going to meetings, while another returned humbled by a relapse because of the same decision. I’ve been disturbed for days after hearing from a friend of mine that she decided to disconnect from the fellowship.

The disease doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it lies in wait making us claim self-sufficiency or busyness. A relapse starts far ahead of picking up that drink. For me, staying sober means treating my illness daily with connection to my fellowship. I attend meetings every day because I’m broken, and I always want to remember who I am. It’s easy to over-function, filling an inner void with busyness or control, but humility is slowing down, remaining teachable, and anchoring myself in a community that keeps me right sized. Emotional sobriety is staying grounded in my truth.

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Lately, fear and faith keep coming up everywhere. In my meetings, in my conversations, even in the books and podcasts I’ve been listening to. It’s like everything around me is pointing toward toward expanding my awareness, leaning into it, and being willing to explore what it actually means for me. I’ve been opening my heart and mind more than ever. I’m listening to the Bible, reading the Life Recovery Bible, and tuning into my friend’s “Godcast.” These things are helping me build on this very thin foundation of faith I’ve started, and I want to keep going. I want to see what blooms from it.

I’ve realized that so much of my fear since the stroke is tied to not knowing what’s next. What if I get worse, or what if I get better and don’t know what to do? That fear has opened me up to a much bigger awareness of life, death, everything beyond my little world I’ve been living in up until my stroke. Instead of trying to control that awareness, I’m trying to let go. I’m learning that I won’t ever have all the answers to my fears. So, I need to find another way. And for me, that way is faith and spirituality. This willingness is what’s giving me peace finally.

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