Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift.

Basic Text, p. 107

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Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift weve been given.  Suppose someone gave you a new car.  Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted?  Would you just drive it, ignoring routine maintenance, until it expired on the road?  Of course not!  You would go to great lengths to maintain the condition of such a valuable gift.

Recovery is also a gift, and we have to care for it if we want to keep it.  While our recovery doesnt come with an extended warranty, there is a routine maintenance schedule.  This maintenance includes regular meeting attendance and various forms of service.  Well have to do some daily cleaningour Tenth Stepand, once in a while, a major Fourth Step overhaul will be required.  But if we maintain the gift of recovery, thanking the Giver each day, it will continue.

The gift of recovery is one that grows with the giving.  Unless we give it away, we cant keep it.  But in sharing our recovery with others, we come to value it all the more.

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Just for today:  My recovery is a gift, and I want to keep it.  Ill do the required maintenance, and Ill share my recovery with others.