Do you remember how old you were
when you took your very first drink?
Most of us were and are teenagers.
Still wet behind the ears emotionally.
We emotionally stop growing the moment
we take that very first drink and become
addicted to this mind altering substance.
What ever age we take our last drink or
drug, then we emmediately emotionally
begin our sober life the emotional age
we took our first drink.
How many character defects did we have
when we took that first drink at a young
age? Maybe some, but not as many as we
have today. All those character defects are
learned behaviors and with an addiction to
fuel them on, then they do get out of hand.
With a recovery program in place to help
us first to recognize them, then second we
can learn right, healthier ways to avoid them.
Today, with some 22 yrs sobriety, I still
have some of those character defects of
mine that I have to keep working on.
You'd think that with working a good
recovery program I wouldn't still be haunted
by those character defect. Well, Im a work
in progress and some lessons for me are
harder to learn. However, I continue to remain
willing, openminded and honest in all my affairs.
I also have to remember that I am not perfect
and that I am progressing to become better.
So can you.
