I use a spiral analogy when I think of this subject. We see things spin and spiral so out of control in a negative direction when we live one disappointment after another in the middle of our lives with an addict/alcoholic. We watch one thing after another slowly slip into oblivion until we wonder whether we have any pieces left.
I've noticed it was a slow start in getting there.
It's a slow start making the spiral go the other way.
But it does.
I have faith in my HP even more than ever after the slip into the abyss, and here's why:
that little tiny simple silly Gratitude List.
That is how I have faith. I started the gratitude list with one sentence "I am grateful for clean air to breathe today" (I have asthma, so I really was!)
That was awhile ago.
It seems gratitude begets gratitude begets more gratitude, and more and more until the light starts to shine. My list is super-long these days. Watching that miracle happen One Day at a Time, one thankful moment at a time, has become more of a reason for my faith.