To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best to make us like everyone else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
~ e.e. Cummings ~
Within our Fellowship there are many successes that make the member and their loved ones proud. One of the biggest hazards we face is overconfidence, the idea that “I’ve got it made.” This is complacency, an enemy of recovery.
When we’re complacent about what we’ve accomplished, we quit working at progressing. We have to remember that we will never finish our recovery journey. We will always need to keep taking the Steps.
It can be dangerous to let up on the disciplines of the Program because things are going well. We need to stay alert and remember that more relapses occur when things are going well than when they’re not.
It would be easy to begin feeling like a big shot if I believed all I had to do was achieve one goal, then quit working. I won’t give up my fight at staying in recovery.
©1990 by Anonymous, Published by Hazelden
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