The escape artist that we all are, we're all trying to escape something that is too much for all of us to bear, but even while this may be true, for most of us we don't even know what this is or that we are doing this because the pain that comes for this is just too much. We are all still doing this and all of us hope for the day when all of this will just go away. Without exception this is true for all of us and another thing that is true for all of us is that day may never come. To begin to try to get to that day starts when we all end up here in recovery very few of us realize this when we get here, but this is also very true for all of us even though we don't know it. The pain that we all have that we're all trying to escape from is what has brought all of us here together in recovery and the reason we are all here is the same for all of us we all are trying to find some way to live with this because even though we don't know exactly where this comes the pain from this is still very real for all of us to have. This never goes away for any one of us and we will all always have this now and forever because it has become part of who we all are. But this doesn't mean that we can't free ourselves from this and learn how to live with this and recovery can show all of us how we can all do just that.