Daily Recovery Blog
Saturday May 2, 2026
"An excuse is nothing more than a thin skin stretched over a bald
faced lie." - Terri G.
NO MORE EXCUSESMy father once said to me, "I do not want to hear it. You always
have your excuses ready." That was very true. My paranoid
personality made me cover all the bases. I learned to say it was
not me at an early age. I was full of well earned guilt. I needed
excuses to go on living. In one our readings, it states that many
of us had a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. I resembled that
remark. I had done my best to always cover up my mistakes. I did
not want to get caught or be wrong, so I would spend hours
planning what I'd if I were to get caught. At the end of my
using, I was working at a university campus. I received an award
for being employee of the year. At that time I was strung on
drugs. I was stealing from the university during that whole year.
I somehow was able to cover up for a long time. My excuses worked
for a while. I had learned how to use excuses to hide my
addiction. Once I got in recovery, I was told no more excuses.
There is no excuse to use drugs. It was actually a relief. I was
tired of all the work that was required to keep up the alibis.
Hearing "no more excuses" was a good start for my recovery.
"Every vice has its excuse ready."- Publius Syrus
Friday May 1, 2026
"You spot it, you got it..." - Debbie C.
TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND LEAVE THE RESTEverybody has a message. It was important for me to realize that
what is shared in meetings was that particular person's
experience. It may not have been the experience of the fellowship
as a whole. The chairperson helps to maintain an atmosphere of
recovery. My sponsor told me to develop a crap detector. I want
to be a better person. I am looking for a better way to live. I
was taught that each step involved spiritual values. All I needed
to do was to learn how to apply them to my life. I started my
recovery biased and judgmental. if you did not use like me, I did
not listen. After a few weeks, I started feeling what people were
sharing without even trying. An honesty of a kind seemed to
penetrate my spirit. I could no longer deny it, because I was
feeling it. My false pride slowly disappeared. I was able to
learn something new at most of the meetings. One experience I
remember was to be honest when applying for a job. I had a longer
arrest record than a list of work experience. I heard an addict
share that she would not want to work for anybody that did not
want the real her working there. I decided to follow her
suggestion and be honest on my application. It was embarrassing
to have to ask for more paper to continue writing my arrest
record. I got that job and stayed there for eleven years.
"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
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