Do Recovery

The tools of Recovery
are acts, not thoughts
with one possible exception.
For meetings we go to places,
or pick up the telephone and dial in
or connect to a virtual meeting.
Writing is not thinking
but typing, keying, pen to paper
or speaking into a microphone
attached to a speech recognition app.
Literature can be read, listened to,
or responded to in a workbook.
A Plan of Eating is an abstract idea
until you eat the foods planned.
An Action Plan can be exercise
creating a schedule, listing gratitudes,
prayer and meditation, using other tools.
Sponsorship is meaningless if just a term.
If both sides of the relationship
are not actively involved,
not just "being" but doing.
The Telephone, the bane of existence,
or so it seems doesn't accomplish recovery
in purse, pocket or on desk –
it must be used for verbal,
texted or emailed communication
about Recovery.
Service is action. setting up rooms,
accounting for money, speaking, sharing.
Twelve-Stepping, many deeds.
Anonymity can be silence,
sticking to your own side of the street
but sometimes it's action...responding
"We have mutual friends" when asked,
"How do you two know each other?"
Mostly anonymity is what we repeat time after time,
"Who you see here, what you hear here,
when you leave here, let it stay here.
So, Do Recovery!