Holy Communion

I believe that Holy Communion in my religious tradition connects well to addiction Recovery.  You cannot self-serve Holy Communion.  Someone has to give it to you.  It is not like an automat.  If you know what an automat is, you are really old!   And you don't receive Holy Communion all by yourself.  It is done in communion with others.  It is not given impersonally.  Usually, there is love and concern among the group and the one giving the Communion.  Holy Communion is a direct access to God.  In addiction recovery you do not do it alone.  You receive it from another and in a group experience.  Recovery is not self-serve.  The process of receiving from another who is in recovery is a direct access to a Higher Power.  In the Mass and in Recovery you listen to what is being read in the Bible or Big Book.  Sure you may drift off, become distracted, or even fall asleep, but you keep coming back.  And many a Catholic church have Recovery meetings in their buildings.  Saints in process in both places.