Recovery from a mental illness, emotional trauma, or addiction requires that we leave our comfort zones, venturing into the unknown and trying new ways of thinking and behaving
This is scary and it defies human nature.
It can be extremely painful. At times in my recovery, I have felt like I was being dragged through broken glass.
But in the long run, recovery is far less painful than suffering abject misery as our Illness ravages us.
May you find the “magic!”