May
Start by Forgiving, p. 151
The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us. Triumphantly we seize upon his slightest misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own.
Right here we need to fetch ourselves up sharply. Let’s remember that alcoholics are not the only ones bedeviled by sick emotions. In many instances we are really dealing with fellow sufferers, people whose woes we have increased.
If we are about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn’t we start out by forgiving them, one and all?
12 & 12, p. 78
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this speaks to my situation right now. God bless this program for articulating the truth
ReplyDeleteThis is so true . I was going through a few boxes of my exes things yesterday . Remembering how in love we used to be . But I quickly turned my thoughts to when she left me for another man .
ReplyDeleteI need to remember why she left me. I was an out-of-control alcoholic. I had broken every promise you ever made her. She could clearly see that if she stayed I was going to drag her down with me. I need to forgive her for doing what was right and leaving. I thought it was going to kill me but it actually saved my life.
I was going through a couple of boxes of my exes things yesterday. It reminded me how in love we once were. Very quickly I remembered how bad it hurt when she left me. She was right to leave me I was an out-of-control alcoholic. If she had stayed I would’ve drugher down with me. It hurt so bad I just wanted to die. If she stayed I would’ve continued to drink.I went to AA and got a sponsor. 30 year drunk. Six years sober.
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving me Dawn . You saved my life.