Sadly, chances are we will waste our gifts or miss our messages if we are under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. How can we hear God when we are out of our minds from alcohol or other drugs? Or, maybe we might manage to hear God, but are too incapacitated to take action how will we ever be of service? We won’t, at least not consistently enough to feel like we are both fulfilled and fulfilling

Nowcovery principle two has been developed from observing multitudes of people overcome obstacles and barriers to live a life that they feel happy about living. It is not the business of outsiders to judge someone else’s life to determine if it has improved to an “acceptable” level. We don’t know another’s story, nor do we know what they are going through internally. Nowcovery empowers us to determine if changes need to be made in our own lives, as well as determine whether we want to make those changes. However, we must be willing to conduct an honest inventory of our situations and behaviors.

Anyone who is in long-term recovery from alcoholism has at some point had to do some deep searching within themselves to find an answer to this question. People can become obsessed with knowing, “am I an alcoholic or do I just really like to drink”? For many, they won’t seek help until they know the answer to this question.

Principle number one of Nowcovery™ is built upon the need for humans to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. So many of us have spent a lifetime running away from authenticity because to be authentic means you must know yourself.