Words were invoked at creation God said let there be light and then there was light. Words spoken have power. The power to change, the power to invoke, the power to inspire. Words can create momentous events. Words travel on airwaves. Air waves are controlled by God, thus God maintains control over what is heard. The effect words have on each individual is within the power of God. Words can deliver one from depression or self-doubt. Words can heal, refresh, complete, and confer energy and positive reinforcement. The process of hearing is a complex mechanism initiated by a caring God equipping man with a robust system of transferring sound on airwaves then transferred into electrical signals which are compiled by our brains into the understood word, thus becoming information that is sorted and categorized into confirmed knowledge. Words have power.

Recovery is a process of decisions.

We cannot diminish the rewards that come from the God of our understanding. The reward of a better life comes from making better decisions. More rewards and less consequences is the result of living a hopeful happy life in recovery. The light we radiate is often met with envy and nay-sayers. We must set boundaries against those who would attempt to dim the light we radiate during recovery. In a grateful recovery, there is no limit to how much we enjoy helping someone other than ourselves. The fact is the more we give the more God gives us to give. Our ability to radiate grateful happiness means we must set meaningful boundaries to ensure and protect our recovery. Most often we must set boundaries and learn to love some from a distance.

Recovery is a process of decisions.

There is much in life I don't know. I realize I can't do what I do not know how to do. Before recovery, I did not know how to live without a drink or a drug. I had to learn how to live life sober. Life is a daily opportunity to learn what to and what not to do. For me, Life is a learning opportunity, a new daily opportunity to just do better. Knowing better means doing better and making better decisions. Making better decisions means getting more rewards for good decisions and fewer consequences for bad decisions. To know better we must learn better, from better teachers. In recovery, the best teachers are those with lived experience. Those who have walked the walk now talk the talk, Listen as Trent expounds upon knowing better and making better decisions thus getting better outcomes less consequences, and more rewards.

Recovery is a process of decisions.