The Container

The relationships we create during recovery are the container in which we do our healing work. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 203). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

A synonym of container is repository,
a central location in which data
is stored and managed.
I like the idea relationships created
during recovery are the situs
of our healing work.
Where are the relationships created?
In groups, in meetings, in interactions…
on the blasted telephone or in chat rooms…
The place, the means, the “container”
doesn’t matter. When I put my hand in yours
literally, figuratively, implicitly,
together we can do
what we could never do alone,
and truly miracles happen,
we heal each other
and find ourselves healed
and finally, life has begun!