A stone cutter may strike the rock 99 times with no apparent effect, not even a crack on the surface. Yet with the hundredth blow, the rock splits in two. It was not the final blow that did the trick, but all that had gone before. I may pursue a goal for months without obvious results and become convinced that I was wasting my time. But if I continue going to meeting, sharing about my struggle, taking it one day at a time, and being patient with myself, I may awaken one day, to find that I have change, seemingly overnight. I have a gut feel that all these months of faith and hard work will made the changes possible one day and the results would reveal themselves abruptly one day. It took me a long time to become a addict and it may take a long time for me to recover.
You must be patient.