True happiness isn't found—it's recognized. In recovery, we discover that happiness was never in the things we chased, but in the quiet moments of presence, gratitude, and connection we once overlooked. Knowing happiness means learning to see it where it already lives.

Love in recovery isn't a feeling we wait for—it's a practice we commit to. Through the Steps, we learn to extend to ourselves and others the compassion, patience, and grace we once thought we didn't deserve.

We can't keep it unless we give it away. The lifeline that saved us only stays strong when we extend it to others. In recovery, helping others isn't charity—it's the foundation of our own survival and growth.

We don't have to be ready—we just have to be willing. Recovery doesn't demand perfection or complete understanding. It asks only for the willingness to try, to show up, to take the next right step — even when we can't see where it leads.

Recovery asks us to release what we cannot control—the past, the future, other people's choices, our own need to know how everything will unfold. In letting go, we find freedom. In surrender, we find peace.