March 18 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
March 18 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
March 18 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
Living with an alcoholic distorted my thinking in many ways, but particularly in one: I blamed all my problems on The Bottle. Now, I am learning in Al-Anon to look squarely at each difficulty, not seeking whom to “blame” but to discover how my attitude helped to create my problem or aggravate it.
I must learn to face the consequences of my own actions and words, and to correct myself when I am wrong. Accepting responsibility is essential to becoming mature. Whether the alcoholic is drinking or not, I will not look for a scapegoat to excuse my own faults.
TODAY’S REMINDER
There is no advantage, no profit, and no growth, in deceiving myself merely to escape the consequences of my own mistakes. When I realize this, I know I will be making progress.
“We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true inside by manifesting the truth as we see it.”
Living with an alcoholic distorted my thinking in many ways, but particularly in one: I blamed all my problems on The Bottle. Now, I am learning in Al-Anon to look squarely at each difficulty, not seeking whom to “blame” but to discover how my attitude helped to create my problem or aggravate it.
I must learn to face the consequences of my own actions and words, and to correct myself when I am wrong. Accepting responsibility is essential to becoming mature. Whether the alcoholic is drinking or not, I will not look for a scapegoat to excuse my own faults.
TODAY’S REMINDER
There is no advantage, no profit, and no growth, in deceiving myself merely to escape the consequences of my own mistakes. When I realize this, I know I will be making progress.
“We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true inside by manifesting the truth as we see it.”
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