What is the Legacy of Real Deep Recovery?
2 March 2025 Daily Meditation
Well this is a big one for me…asking for money. I don’t even have a paywall for my page. I’m raising $7000 for continuing education. I’m a believer in good faith and all that. But this is a big ask, because I need to move forward in a big way in my life with my spiritual calling. And I cannot do it alone. I need to expand my skills in a number of ways if I hope to accomplish something I have been aiming for a long time.
It starts with a concern that I see in the recovery rooms…more and more women just sliding by in recovery. Punching the time card, so to speak. It is heart-breaking to me. So much to do, so little time, so busy — it seems too busy to invest in themselves! Sitting in meetings, texting, playing games on their phones, not really “getting it.” Then I hear the women with more time, women like me, complaining about how the rooms have changed… I have even said the same thing, to my sponsor, to others. You know what my sponsor said?
“If the rooms have changed, how are you responsible for that?” Ouch! But when I sat awhile I knew what she was talking about — I can’t change anyone but myself. The literature is clear, “It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.”
So I had to get to work on myself, looking at what I could do about this. That’s when the idea hit me, write a book. Tell the story of what was done for you, why it worked, how it worked, and what you are like now. That’s what we do, right? Share our experience, strength and hope. It’s actually what brought me to substack. So a year ago or a little more, I started writing daily or almost, to share. I thought I would write a daily meditation book when I had 365 days.
Instead, things started unwinding and I realized I was more interested in teaching what was taught to me. I was putting it together in one place, some of it coming from this column. I was brainstorming names, related to what I was trying to put across, and my husband came to my rescue. He said, you are talking about Real Deep Recovery! It stuck.
I thought like magic, people would flock to my idea, but it’s not that easy. I need to learn new skills to get my course out there. I want to reach people (especially women but not just) who have been off all substances for a while, but are just not happy… Those of us who are in recovery a long time know for sure that if you are not moving away from your drug of choice you are moving toward it. But when you say that to these folks, it falls on deaf ears. They are so immersed in doing what they are doing, the cotton is shoved so far down in their ears, it won’t come out!
I needed help, and I sought out a friend who is a super-coach. In a week she helped me get to clarity I hadn’t had before. I re-formulated my course, found renewed clarity, and realized, this is a LEGACY I am trying to pass on. One that is fast getting lost in our recovery world. This means the world to me.
But my friend made it clear that I need a lot more help — I need to learn skills to deliver this thing on the internet. I need sales and marketing skills. I will eventually need to put a team together to help!
In addition, for years, I’ve had the dream of forming a foundation that would offer the same gifts of holistic recovery (nutrition, health, amino acid therapy) to poor women that is offered to the rich with insurance! So I’ve committed to donating twenty percent of my profits going forward, to the formation of that foundation!! I want to insure that people who come from my roots benefit from this thing!!
I am serious about this. Help me get my foot up in this business and you will see how pay it forward works. I come from a family of addicts and I want Real Deep Recovery to thrive for my family and yours. Please donate to keep a legacy alive. I say this in honor of my dearest sponsors, Joan, Jude and Jane, who helped me not just to stay alive, but to grow physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and I still keep on growing today! Let’s keep this thing going!
