Wisdom Of The Rooms - 2021

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September 27

Quote of the Week

"The reason the program works is because we’re not all crazy on the same day."

After I was in the program for a few years, I remember hearing some people sharing and thinking they were still clearly out of their minds. This scared me because I realized I relied on them to save my life. A week later, I remember sharing some of my own stuff and realized that I probably sounded kind of crazy as well. That’s when I heard this week’s quote.

This quote means many things to me. To start with, it reminds me I still have the disease of alcoholism, and that my thinking will always be affected by it. It also reminds me that in the rooms I have the freedom to be myself—whatever that happens to be that day. In fact, the saying “You can’t save your ass and your face at the same time” has literally saved my life on a number of occasions. It also reminds me, “The reason we’re all here is because we’re not all there.”

The hope and strength I take from these sayings is that alone I can’t, but together we can. Together we make up the mosaic that is recovery, and despite those times when I still feel a little crazy, I am comforted as I see the miracle still taking place in others’ lives. Somebody once said that he only needs one meeting a week but he went to five because he never knew which one it was going to be. Thank God the voice of recovery speaks through us all, one day at a time.