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The Journey Begins

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Mark L Lockwood

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There are two types of fuck it switch. One is about Surrender and Letting go. The other is about taking control, playing God and giving up everything but the ego. We can choose what the same switch means to us. Both with very different outcomes.

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Breathing Under Water I built my house by the sea. Not on the sands, mind you; not on the shifting sand. And I built it of rock. A strong house by a strong sea. And we got well acquainted, the sea and I. Good neighbors. Not that we spoke much. We met in silences. Respectful, keeping our distance, but looking our thoughts across the fence of sand. Always, the fence of sand our barrier, always, the sand between. And then one day, -and I still don’t know how it happened – the sea came. Without warning. Without welcome, even Not sudden and swift, but a shifting across the sand like wine, less like the flow of water than the flow of blood. Slow, but coming. Slow, but flowing like an open wound. And I thought of flight and I thought of drowning and I thought of death. And while I thought the sea crept higher, till it reached my door. And I knew, then, there was neither flight, nor death, nor drowning. That when the sea comes calling, you stop being neighbors, Well acquainted, friendly-at-a-distance neighbors, And you give your house for a coral castle, And you learn to breathe underwater. Go back and read it out loud. “The words give me chills”, says Joan, a person who has successfully recovered and healed her life. I celebrated one year of recovery this week. It means a lot to have made it through an entire year of meetings and step work, mostly because I have a pattern of throwing myself into new endeavors with gusto, only to find my enthusiasm fizzles out after a few weeks. But I’ve stuck to it for a whole year, and although today feels like a bit of a victory for reaching one year of recovery, I know that tomorrow will be one year and one day of recovery. This is not the end, merely the beginning. I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few days about how I got into recovery. My life was that house in the poem, seemingly strong and sturdy. I was aware of my past, the neighboring sea that stayed far away from my house, but I wasn’t going to be held back because of it. No, I was going to do things differently. The sea would stay in its place, and I would stay in mine and live a perfect, happy life. Sure I made mistakes, but I was certain a year ago that I was ok

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