“If we try to fix the world before fixing ourselves, we’ll do both badly.”—Steve Arterburn

When you were in the throes of addiction, was getting your next quick-fix more important than anything else—family, career, and even God? After all, your addiction came first no matter how much pain it caused you and your loved ones.

Now that you realize the damage your addiction has caused, you may think it’s your job to fix everyone and everything. But you can’t; you can only fix yourself. Therefore, your main goal is to get healthy and stay sober. In other words, to recover successfully, you must be selfish.

Here are five reasons that explain why recovery is selfish: [Read more…]