I learned the word thorough from recovery and it’s turning out to be an asset and a limitation. ~ Jhe T.

The good news is fill-in-the-blank
and the bad news the same.
Our character traits can be strengths
but they’re character defects as well.
Bad is not bad if it teaches.
Good can be maliciously used for evil.
Wonderful can be a downfall, a trigger.
Necessary water in torrents can destroy,
heat is essential but sunstroke kills.
There is nothing that is not good
and everything can be used for evil.
But recovery happens when I give up,
when I turn it over, when I allow a Power
to use me to make it turn out right,
a result I never could reach on my own.