Old 05-31-2019, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by nez View Post
This! This! This! I struggled for years in early recovery because I paid too much attention to words and sentences rather than the message that was behind the words. I was stuck on the surface. I needed to dig into the meat of what was being conveyed.

I make progress when I focus on how not why. When I look for things in life that I disagree with, I can easily find them. There are multitudes. When I look for things in life that I agree with, I can find them. Agree or disagree is about value judgements more than about solutions. How is about solutions. Why is more about value judgements. If I had to agree with an action before taking it, I would still be drunk!
On point, we’ll said, Nez!

this was me too, I over analyzed Everything in early recovery/ first year I think.. When I work on changing this behavior I grow a little..

Good stuff, thanks for sharing
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