Desperation as a self-consuming gift
Not misery, but motivation
A lot of people in recovery really seem to like their acronyms - TIME standing for Things I Must Earn, FEAR standing for Fuck Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise, GOD standing for Group Of Drunks or Gift Of Desperation.
That last one seems fairly terrible - “desperation” as a thing to be grateful for, a grim gift given from beyond, some viciou…
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