The Fine Art Of Alibis, p.279
The majority of A.A. members have suffered severely from self-justification during their drinking days. For most of us, self-justification was the maker of excuses for drinking and for all kinds of crazy and damaging conduct. We had made the invention of alibis a fine art.
We had to drink because times were hard or times were good, We had to drink because at home we were smothered with love or not none at all. We had to drink at work because we were great successes or dismal failures. We had to drink because our nation had won a war or lost a peace. And so it went, ad infinitum.
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To see how our own erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word “blame” from our speech and thought.
12 &12
1. pp. 46-47
2. p. 47
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The Fine Art Of Alibis, p.279The majority of A.A. members have suffered severely fromself-justification during their drinking days. For most of us,self-justification was the maker of excuses for drinking and for allkinds of crazy and damaging conduct. We had made the inventionof alibis a fine art.We had to drink because times were hard or times were good, Wehad to drink because at home we were smothered with love or notnone at all. We had to drink at work because we were greatsuccesses or dismal failures. We had to drink because our nationhad won a war or lost a peace. And so it went, ad infinitum.********************************To see how our own erratic emotions victimized us often took a longtime. Where other people were concerned, we had to drop theword “blame” from our speech and thought.
12 & 12
1. pp. 46-47
2. p. 47
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~ Page 279 ~
The Fine Art of Alibis
The majority of A.A. members have suffered severely from self- justification during their drinking days. For most of us, self- justification was the maker of excuses for drinking and for all kinds of crazy and damaging conduct. We had made the invention of alibis a fine art.
We had to drink because times were hard or times were good. We had to drink because at home we were smothered with love or got none at all. We had to drink because at work we were great successes or dismal failures. We had to drink because our nation hadwon a war or lost a peace. And so it went, ad infinitum.
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To see how our own erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word “blame” from our speech and thought.
~ TWELVE AND TWELVE ~
1. PP. 46-47
2. P. 47
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12
July
The Spiritual Alibi, p. 193Our first attempts at inventories are apt to prove very unrealistic. I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. On certain occasions, I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good. Then I would greatly exaggerate whatever virtues I supposed I had attained. Next I would congratulate myself on the grand job I was doing in A.A.Naturally this generated a terrible hankering for still more “accomplishments,” and still more approval. I was falling straight back into the pattern of my drinking days. Here were the same old goals–power, fame, and applause. Besides, I had the best alibi known–the spiritual alibi. The fact that I really did have a spiritual objective made this utter nonsense seem perfectly right.Grapevine, June 1961
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7
July
Reflection For The DayWhat wonderful things could happen in my life if I could get rid of my natural impulse to justify my actions. Is honesty so deeply repressed under layers of guilt that I can’t release it to understand my motives? Being honest with ourselves isn’t easy. It’s difficult to search out why I had this or that impulse and, more importantly, why I acted upon it. Nothing makes us feel so vulnerable as to give up the crutch of The Alibi, yet my willingness to be vulnerable will go a long way toward helping me grow in The Program. Am I becoming more aware that self-deception multiplies my problems?Today I PrayMay God remove my urge to make excuses. Help me to face up to the realities that surface when I am honest with myself. Help me to know, as certainly as day follows sunrise, that my difficulties will be lessened if I can only trust His Will.Today I Will RememberI will be willing to do His Will.
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