Most alcoholics and addicts never recover from their addictions. For most who have tried, it is the hardest course in their lives.
But recovery is not an academic exercise. It demands spiritual and psychic change.
It requires honesty, humility, and daily practice.
It is a self-correcting and self-grading course unlike any other.
It requires the desperate desire to succeed like a drowning person.
Cheating isn’t tolerated because I only would be cheating myself.
The exam is pass-fail. Happiness or suffering. Life or death. But we get to retake the test every day.
I have never wanted to succeed at anything more in my life.
I pray for those who are failing and for those who have failed.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.