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In a lot of ways, recovery can be compared to baseball analytics. In baseball, even the greatest players in the world are expected to fail most of the time. In recovery, however, the margins are far less forgiving.
A player who gets a hit three out of every ten at-bats is considered exceptional. A .300 batting average can earn you All-Star appearances, MVP votes, and potentially a plaque in Cooperstown. Think about that for a moment. The very best players in the world fail roughly 70% of the time.
Recovery doesn’t work that way. In recovery, we’re asked to do something far more difficult. We have to bat 1.000. No pop flies. No ground outs. No strikeouts. Every single day requires another quality at-bat.
A single might look like attending a meeting when you don’t feel like it. A double might be making an uncomfortable phone call, setting a boundary, or deleting an app that’s been pulling at you. A triple might be sitting with anxiety, grief, loneliness, or boredom without escaping into old behaviors. A home run might be making it through one of the worst days of your life without gambling, spending, or chasing something to numb the pain.
The challenge is that nobody gets to call time out. Life keeps throwing us curveballs. There are layoffs. Divorces. Financial problems. Deaths. Health scares. Relationship issues. Unexpected triggers. Life has a way of delivering moments that blindside us without warning and lie completely outside our control.
We’ve all seen it happen. One year of sobriety. Five years. Ten years. Twenty years. Recovery milestones that once seemed unimaginable, followed by a relapse no one saw coming. A sobering reminder that complacency can emerge at any stage of the journey.
Not because we suddenly forgot everything we learned. Not because we don’t care about our recovery. But because recovery doesn’t reward yesterday’s at-bats. It asks us to step into the batter’s box again today. And again tomorrow. And again the day after that.
This isn’t meant to create fear. It’s meant to create humility. The thought of batting 1.000 for the rest of our lives can sound overwhelming, even impossible. But recovery rarely asks us to solve the rest of our lives today. It simply asks us to take responsibility for today. A one-day-at-a-time mindset transforms an intimidating lifelong commitment into something far more approachable, realistic, and manageable. We don’t have to worry about every future temptation all at once. We simply have to focus on the at-bat in front of us and make the best decision we can with the pitch we’re currently being thrown.
Recovery isn’t something we achieve once and get to keep forever. It’s something we protect, nurture, and recommit to every single day. Every meeting. Every boundary. Every honest conversation. Every difficult emotion we allow ourselves to feel instead of escape. Every decision to pick up the phone instead of pick up old behaviors. Those are our base hits. And eventually, those base hits start to add up, strengthening our confidence and deepening our resilience to face whatever pitch comes next.
The irony is that while recovery requires us to bat 1.000, none of us do it perfectly. We all have moments of complacency, close calls, and situations where we realize just how vulnerable we still are. That’s exactly why we stay connected, hold ourselves accountable, and keep showing up – not just for ourselves, but for each other.
Recovery isn’t about becoming invincible. It’s about respecting the fact that one swing can change the game. So today, take your next at-bat seriously. Protect your recovery. Stay humble. Stay connected. And keep putting the ball in play.
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Recovery isn’t about predicting every future pitch. It’s about stepping into today’s batter’s box and doing the best we can with the pitch we’re currently being thrown.
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