In today’s Daily Trudge, we’re diving into a skill that most alcoholics struggle with — the art of delayed gratification.

Our disease taught us to chase the quick fix: the drink, the escape, the comfort, the emotional hit. But recovery teaches us something far more powerful:

Not everything good happens instantly — and not everything instant is good.

Delayed gratification is where emotional sobriety really begins.

It’s choosing long-term peace over short-term relief.
It’s sitting with discomfort instead of escaping it.
It’s trusting that what God has ahead is better than what your ego wants right now.

When we learn to pause, breathe, pray, and wait — we grow. And when we grow, our lives expand in ways we never imagined.

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