Not being able to live life on life's terms is a problem that follows many of us into our recovery. Via escape, whatever is a process that we've all already proved doesn't work. Learning how to live without allowing ourselves some way of escaping is the goal of recovery and what the steps are all about. Living on life's terms is difficult for those of us who have become accustomed for so long to avoid it, but it's not at all impossible as long as we stay with trying to live our life based on the steps of recovery. The steps will lead us to being able to live a full and successful life, one that we're living on life's terms without us having to find some way of escaping. Once we fully experience doing this we'll never again want to miss out on living life again, like so many of us had done so for so long.