I never thought about it before, but is this thing that I write in a “recovery blog”? I know that some of the things that I put down here are directly related to my journey thru recovery. Then again, many are just rantings and ravings of a mad man high on life. Or down on it, as the case may be.

I read many different recovery blogs that consistently relate to the recovery process. “I, Agnostic” is an amazing insight into everything from the Steps to the Traditions and how this person assimilates them into daily life. Another that I enjoy immensely is “the inconvenient truth”. This one flows more along my style, writing about the ups and downs of living, but also living clean. Blogs like “The Daily Dosing” (struggling with living day by day), “ZaneJabbers” (different program, same recovery… along with a laugh or two), and “Dear Diary,” (searching for the direction). These and others that help to give me my own direction, and usually when I am so lost that I don’t even know that I am lost.

This is my point. Perhaps if I took a “page” from these folks and started writing about my recovery (and my living within), perhaps, maybe, I might be able to find a better grounding in my own personal recovery. I’ve known for a very long time the benefits that journal keeping can give me. I’ve kept journals since my late teens. Up until this blog thing became “du jour”, I never wrote with having to worry about someone else reading my words. And, really, should I worry? Now? The reason I created my website, and subsequently, this blog, was to put myself out there to this big old world for all to see. Like the intro to the Robb Blogg says, “T’is the online baring of the good Robb’s soul“. And if I can bore the beejeepers out of you along the way, well…

It really wouldn’t hurt if I wrote more about my recovery in general, and also threw in some case specific examples of how the Steps and Traditions have helped me (hindered me??!!). My recovery is the most important thing in my life. Without it, nothing else would matter a whole lot. So, why not write about it. I can do my boo-hoo’s, my rants and raves, my wonderment at what I learn at a recovery meeting. All in all, it really couldn’t hurt. hehe, at the very worst, I might get dear ol’ MPD to remind me that I am gonna burn in hell, with a plethora of HA HA HA’s to help me along!

Keep The Faith*