Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~ Thomas à Kempis Whether I’m rescuing or reforming someone, it’s none of my business. There’s […]
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Whatever Games
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s not that I cannot lie to myself. I spent most of […]
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Lying is a particular talent of mine, fine-honed and polished with use. My sponsor knows when I hedge the truth. If an answer is generalized, minimized, or “fine” or “okay” she quickly dredges out the truth. What happens, though, when […]
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When people share the mess instead of the message, at meetings or elsewhere, I realize that I am not alone in getting things backward. ~ Voices of Recovery, October 23 What does it mean to share the mess? What could happen […]
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