I love fantasy, but not the fantasy I used to engage in. This is the genre of fantasy full of dragons, knights, castles, or in this case, Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, Wizards, and Orcs! As a child I watched the cartoon version of The Hobbit by Rankin and Bass and loved the music and funny characters. I was then able to read the book and then watch the movies by Peter Jackson. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until entering recovery that the Holy Spirit gave me some special “recovery glasses” that have allowed me to spot recovery themes in various media; music, movies, photographs, etc… These themes can include support groups, honesty, courage, selfishness, selflessness, redemption, etc… that are portrayed in the movie.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of The Hobbit Trilogy is one of these movies. The plot of this movie has been pasted below courtesy of Google:
I thought the courage exhibited by Bilbo Baggins to go on this dangerous journey was a parallel to the courage it takes to enter and stay in recovery. Recovery isn’t easy, in fact, it is very difficult. Therefore, it takes a lot of courage to enter meetings where you finally accept that we are not perfect and we are wounded human beings.
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