When we were using, it seemed we were sick and tired all the time. Yet, it always seemed easier to continue as we were than go through the upheaval and pain that making a change would entail. It was only when we finally became "sick and tired of being sick and tired" that we actually would seek recovery. The blessing is that the Twelve Step process is not as difficult as we thought it would be. No single step is so daunting or frightening. Each can be handled in a straightforward manner. And going through the process produces change that can free us. It just takes one step at a time.
Adapted from Just for Today (1991), p. 161, https://www.cwpascna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JustForToday.pdf