In 1897, the Shell Transport and Trading Company was launched. Shell began selling gas out of its first gas station, in California, in 1915. Eventually, Shell built eight gas stations that all looked like giant shells. Today, just one such station remains, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
From her humble beginnings, Shell now has its headquarters in Houston, Texas, and has over 18,000 employees in the U.S. alone. Shell owns Pennzoil, Quaker State, and Jiffy Lube. She has 12,297 gas stations spread across all 50 states, located in 4,031 different cities. And while they all sell the same product, every station except one has taken on a different look than they had 100 years ago.
Diversity is a good thing. For addicts, recovery is the produce we all seek. We all do it a little differently, but the recovery is the same.
Paul wrote, “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ” (Romans 12:4).
Recovery Step: In recovery, one size doesn’t fit all. Figure out what works for you, then go all in.
