Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Anonymity makes it possible for anyone to receive help.
Many of us wandered into our first meeting afraid we’d see someone we knew who would find out that drug addiction had touched us. Being told that “whatever is said here, stays here” relieved us some, but we were still leery.
We discover early in our recovery that meetings are like a “safe house,” a place where we can go and talk openly about who we are and the pain in our lives. Meetings are also a place where we can expect to receive the support we have craved for so long. Our backgrounds don’t matter. What we do for a living is unimportant. We are people in need and in that way absolute equals. Sharing the most intimate details of our lives with people whose last names we do not know awakens our sense of sameness with others. It’s profoundly healing to acknowledge how alike we are.
I am on equal footing with everyone I meet in the program. Remembering that today will keep me humble and hopeful.
Hazelden Foundation
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