INPUTS are symptoms and outputs are signs. Honesty is the input, versus dissociation. Serving others is the way out, against selfishness. Honesty is a symptom; only we, ourselves, can really tell if we are being honest. Serving others is a sign; others can see very well.

What is my thesis for a heart actively involved in recovery?

The person in genuine recovery honestly sows, and his heart reaps the desire to serve others.

People with addiction problems frequently become detached from themselves, which leads to selfish and self-destructive behaviors. Indeed, all sin is dissociation; a departure from ourselves and from God. Addiction is a sin absurdly out of control. The egoist cannot serve others, because his heart cannot imagine the beauty of trusting God for his needs to be met.

Those who dedicate themselves to the abundant life know that rigorous honesty fires the heart for service.

The wise life, the heart in pursuit of God, the abundant life, the narrow path of the road less traveled… all this is achieved in honesty within ourselves. Y by serving ourselves outside, both venerated in the most sincere desire to recognize our existence in God.

The person in the depths of their recovery journey finds no satisfaction in compromise, complaint, or comparison. They realize the urgency of their need for God, and their choice makes them prosper through honest contemplation and surrender. However, they do not exhaust themselves, because they accept their limits and do not serve to their own detriment; they do not yearn to serve. Your honesty is paramount. And their honesty creates in them the ability to see and negotiate, and sometimes accept, their weakness.

So honesty, which is something between us and God, along with a heart to take responsibility for putting others first, a service that is visible to others, are symptoms and signs of recovery.

An addict ceases to be an addict when he consistently serves others more often than he is served. They have abandoned their insistence on being cared for at the expense of others. His is the transformation from the prison of self to purpose in service.