The Cure.
Please pass the cure! Now. Right now! Be quick about it.
One truth is that to get to recovery there is more than one route to travel. None will be easy, (short of being locked up away from that which compels) but accessible and available to most.
So we craft a plan, with options.
True, ‘Plan A’ is the one that resonates most strongly with the family and myself prior to introducing it. But the goal is recovery and wellness - not a specific way to get there. There is more than one way, and certainly more than my way.
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program is pitching an addiction cure book. It’s a commercial. They guarantee money back if your loved one is not completely cured. It’s like the intervention hotline that pitches a 100% success rate. Makes fear feel better, but it’s not true. Nothing is 100%, except water maybe; which is 100% wet.
‘The Plan’, crafted in love, delivered with care, conviction, purpose and authenticity continues a conversation from which may spring another plan.
Change is hard, dusty work. The skill set required to carry through with a plan is often more challenging than the agony of sitting in defeat. We are comfortable in the mess, the despair, the pain. We know that. We know how it feels, and smells, and tastes. This recovery stuff, is different entirely.
So here’s to making hope happen. One plan at a time, one family at a time. And if ‘Plan A’ is not the one, craft another.
Onward!
Brad