It Starts Before We Know it

[roverl0616]

A lot of us mark the beginning of our journey into recovery by when we started to attend recovery meetings. I see now that mine started before then. I just didn't know it at the time, or recognize what was going on with me as a beginning; it felt more like an ending. What we all have in common is this reaching that point where we say " I can't do this any more please help me " that's where our recovery begins. I now know that all the events that lead up to that point are being carefully orchestrated by a love for us. What we also have in common is not realizing this when it's happening. We usually think that we're being singled out and we say why is this happening to me? Why, because we asked for it, that's why. If we didn't ask, it wouldn't be happening. That's how it starts before we know it.