Guaranteed Growth

Before we each found the will to recover, many of us lived through chaos,crisis and pain. We sought our reprieve behind the safety of our illness, some finding comfort in drugs and alcohol others behind self harm and eating disordered behaviors. Each of these vices were used in place of facing the very fears that ate away at our core. At the time it was not possible to see the growth that would eventually take place behind the turmoil we were running from.
Today although the storm clouds may have broken, it is still easy to become overwhelmed by a crisis and return to our behaviors. This is a surefire way to find comfort. It is safe and we know what we will receive in return.
Recovery however, is uncertain. It is a challenge we must face everyday ; to make the right choices that will lead us down a road, often less traveled, but that is promised to bring healing in the end.
This is a difficult alternative to choose, and we often do so multiple times a day, sometimes an hour. Remember, these tests our not their to defeat us, they are their to help us grow.

Quote:

"Out of every crises comes the chance to be reborn, to re conceive ourselves as individuals, to choose the kind of change that will help us to grow and to fulfill ourselves more completely".

-Nena O'Neil