I watched Shazam! last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Really good movie with a lot of things that can relate to recovery. Young Billy Batson, a helpless, vulnerable, scrawny kid was sought out and granted super powers by the Wizard Shazam because he had been observing his life and saw he had a good heart. In order to activate his powers, Billy just needs to call the Wizard Shazam, and he is instantly transformed into "the best version of himself". He moved into a foster home with a makeshift family in which the father and mother had been through everything he had as foster kids themselves. The family had a unique way of saying grace where they would put "all hands on deck" before meals together. Later in the movie, when Billy is face to face with the supervillain Doctor Sivana, he realizes he is not able to defeat him on his own and has all his foster brothers and sisters put "all hands on deck" on the magical staph and they are all transformed together.
I am vulnerable and helpless on my own just like Billy. I need to call on my Wizard Shazam every day (a power greater than myself, who I call God) and while I am not granted bullet immunity like Billy is, with the power of my Wizard, I am granted immunity against something far worse than bullets. When I need help, I reach out to my foster family (other addicts in recovery) to put "all hands on deck" and defeat my supervillains. It works every day.
Today I am grateful I have a Wizard and a foster family I can call on whenever I need help. I am grateful to be celebrating 200 days of continuous sobriety, which is the longest amount of time I've ever had. I'm grateful that I have my own "lair" in the rooms of AA.
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