Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought - November

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November 9

From Mirage to Reality

Addiction is a mirage; sobriety is real. The person who sets out toward sobriety may not see the goal, but the goal is real nevertheless. A veteran recovering addict described first steps in recovery as someone waiting to cross a river and told to start rowing. But there is no boat, he protests. Never mind! he is told. Just begin rowing. The boat will appear. When scores of people assure us that as we begin to row the boat will appear and we can safely cross the river-and when such assurance is based on abundant personal experience, we gather the courage to begin rowing. The sobriety boat indeed appears.