Day 18 - Have you found a Higher Power? If so, what is it? Explain how it has helped you with your recovery.

A lot of times I feel as though I don’t believe in anything but myself (and sometimes I don’t even have that) although lately I’ve felt taken care of. I don’t consider myself a religious person but rather a spiritual one; my Higher Power is the universe and the balance that it holds. I have an overwhelming feeling that things work out the way they’re meant to, that everything happens for a reason, and if you trust in the universe it will take care of you. No matter what happens, I can always take solace in the fact that it’s meant to be this way, that something will come out of the experience that I will at least be able to learn from.

Most people may look at my path and think that I’ve taken a step back – I left college and moved back to my hometown where I’ve been in treatment since June – but I don’t see it like that. My life has taken a lot of unexpected twists and turns but I’ve never felt more at peace with where I am in life as I do this very second.

See past posts from the 30 Day Recovery Challenge:

• 1/30- a Letter
• 2/30- Helping yourself
• 3/30- Three things I like about ME
• 4/30- Harming others
• 5/30- Remember me
• 6-8/30- A letter; wants & needs; turning back time
• 9/30- Role models
• 10/30- Five goals
• 11-13/30- Motivation; change; struggles
• 14-16/30- Change; triggers; gratefulness
• 17/30- Life improves in recovery