I like this...
' It's a slow process changing principles,
Until one day something that once felt right doesn't feel that way anymore' - Richard Bach,' Messiah's Handbook - REminders for the Advanced Soul'
Given alcoholism is sometimes referred to as a 'Disease of Perception' if you change or add the word perception to 'principles', you tend to realize where you once were, to where, in recovery you are now - just a thought.