No alibi ...
In recovery it's suggested we clear away the wreckage of the past...
In recognition and acceptance of this I was struck by this from the Zen teacher Alan Watts,' Things are not explained by the past, they are explained by the now. That's the birth of responsibility. Otherwise you can always look back over your shoulder and say," I'm neurotic because my mother dropped me and she's eurotic because her mother dropped her ", and so on. All the way back to Adam and Eve. You have to face the fact that you are doing all this, There's no alibi.'
Reflecting on this and having regard to my own life before, during and after my 'drinking history' I saw the truth in all that's been said in dealing with my past ...