Our Time VS God’s Time (The Daily Trudge)
Our Time VS God’s Time (The Daily Trudge)

RAW Recovery Podcast

Dion reflects on the difference between personal timelines and what he calls God’s timing, linking it to patience, trust and long-term recovery. He shares stories about family, work, and daily sobriety to show how faith and delayed gratification shape a more stable, grounded life without alcohol.

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34:57•12 May 2026

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Our Time vs God’s Time: Patience, Faith and the Slow Burn of Recovery

Episode Overview

Recovery rarely matches personal timelines; Dion stresses that “our time” and “God’s time” are often very different.
Instant gratification habits clash with sobriety; learning delayed gratification and living in the present is essential.
Rebuilding trust, especially with children, can take years and can’t be forced with expectations or deadlines.
The past cannot be changed, but attitudes and actions in the present can shift with the support of others in recovery.
Faith, humility and reliance on a higher power help turn “not yet” from a frustration into part of the process.

“You want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans for the day.”

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Here, the RAW Recovery Podcast drops into the messy, honest reality of waiting for life to catch up with sobriety, as host Dion talks about “our time versus God’s time” with his usual mix of humour, blunt honesty, and hard-won experience. This chat-style episode feels like sitting in a meeting with a mate who’s been around the block a few times.

Dion shares his excitement about a new job helping homeless people find recovery, reflecting that “this is exactly when it was supposed to happen,” and linking it to a bigger theme: things often don’t come on *our* timetable, but on what he calls God’s.

You’ll hear him contrast the “microwave age” of instant gratification with the slow work of recovery: rebuilding trust with family (including an eight‑year journey with his daughter), learning patience, and staying in the present instead of demanding fast fixes.

He pulls from an AA daily reflection about the past being over, stressing that while you can’t change what happened, “I can change my feelings and attitudes, but only through my actions and the help of my fellow Alcoholics.” Along the way, he pokes fun at old dial‑up internet, talks about fear of missing out, and calls out unrealistic expectations in early sobriety—like expecting life to be sorted after a couple of weeks.

He keeps bringing it back to faith, surrender and trust: “Quit trying to determine when things are going to happen, how they’re going to happen… not yet doesn’t always mean no.” If you’re impatient, frustrated with slow progress, or wondering why your relationships aren’t fixed yet, this one’s likely to feel very familiar. It might be a good moment to ask: are you pushing your own timetable, or are you letting recovery unfold in its own way?

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