Monday, 13 April 2015

Step by Step #essentialsofrec #Acceptance #Recovery

13
April

Today, I must detach and be as objective as possible to see and accept myself for what I am and not what I hope I am so that the person who evolves in sobriety will be as honest a character as possible. Because I am required by the Program to work through the disease of my emotional and character defects, I must first see them honestly before I can correct them. Here, I look to my Fourth Step to identify those flaws and, instead of rationalizing or justifying them, I have to see and accept them for what they are – defects I cannot afford to carry into recovery. And, after reviewing my Fourth, I must look to the Serenity Prayer for the “courage to change the things I can.” Today, when I look in a mirror, I need to see the man in it; I will not see him, however, if I look at him through rose-colored glasses. And our common journey continues.

Step by step. – Chris M.
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