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1. … and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59
2. 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.
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. ~As Bill Sees It pg. 279
3. “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program.”–The AABB, Chapter 5
In order to learn something new, I have to be willing to follow the rules of the very thing I want to learn. I have to trust that doing the footwork of recovery as others have done will bring about beautiful growth in recovery.
One day at a time …I will do the footwork by making good choices, letting each build upon the other, and I will stand back to see what God will create.~ Sharon S.
4. Learning to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character building and good living.
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek. Pg 95 AABB