I’ve been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: “Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 6428-6429).

Good definition. Says the same thing as M-W,
to bring into accord with reason
or cause something to seem reasonable.
to substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation
to create an excuse or more attractive explanation for…
In other words, rationalization is insanity.
That to which we come to believe early in this Recovery journey
that a Power can lead in a different direction…
to sanity. Do you feel it these days when your “explanations”
are fiction, fairy tales?Are you ready to accept sanity as
a better trail than tall tales? than folklore?