Today I was thinking about constructive imagination and its role in my recovery. Early on, my sober friends told me that if I didn’t have an understanding a Higher Power, I could ‘act as if.’ So, I dug deep into the pockets of my imagination and created my very own understanding. Over the past 8.5 years, that understanding has evolved into what others might call Faith. This Faith, born from willingness and imagination, keeps me sober—it saved me.

In stroke recovery, where I can’t drive or venture very far, I rely on my imagination a lot. Sipping jasmine green tea in the afternoon with three Chips Ahoy cookies, I imagine I’m in the drawing room at Buckingham Palace. On Friday nights, when I listen in to the iBlind Users Group for an audio movie on the phone with fresh popcorn and some candy, I imagine the scenes in more fantastic detail than a movie could ever create.

Imagination brings me the most comfort in grief. I imagine those I’ve lost as adjoining snowflakes to that unique understanding of my higher power that, as they bind with this grand vision, they become an ever-lasting presence in my life.

When I was drinking, I lived one-dimensionally. Now in this colorful, high-definition reality, my imagination is everything. It is the bridge to possibility, connection, and healing

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