Moral Responsibility "Some strongly object to the A.A. position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any A.A. knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members from responsibility. On the contrary, we use the fact of fatal...
i reckon, the best lesson ive had to learn from has been my own story. even as there were people who warned me, i knew better than they. i remember how the price of pain affected me. i can never forget it. that pain, as i still perceive it today, brought me to the rooms...
i can recall NEVER bein happy within with how, what ev it was, bein as i wanted it. whether success or failure, i always wanted it a different way. it never seemed to matter whether i was on top or the bottom. it was NEVER good enough or the pain was too severe. with these...
before my recovery began i never thought much about emotional health. though i may have known of character like humility, it was never somethin i ever gave too much thought too. what i can recall is the feelin of it after gettin my ego handed back to me through any series of senseless, or even...
growin up throughout my latter teen age years and well into my early 30s, i felt there was nobody around to rely on other than myself. with this idea and seemin misguided understandin, i was held unhappy by my own self-reliance. sure, there were people around me to go to, but experience had shown me...
it would be rather neglectful of me to not recognize the humility the other steps tend to create as ive worked em. they have helped me little by little let loose the self-will my ego craves of me to promote. each has provided me 1 more fragment of subdued obedience which has enabled a growth...
this mornins readin brings memories of times when my self-will had caused me to withstand the consequences of my poor thinkin, decisions, and action. they were times i had been steamrolled into acceptin a whole humble pie, whether i wanted it or not. and typically, it turned my tail between my legs, causin me to...
creatin psychological health with a change in my cognitive reasonin has fostered some knowledge, and allowed me to comprehend, how i perceive myself in the world around me. ive learned how to identify when im headed toward actin out and thinkin about self-will which can lead me toward the character defects im livin toward modifyin....
humility has given me the gift of opportunity. it has given me the freedom to be of service to my HP and others. not that i dont have to value myself, but rather that the hope humility brings allows me the space and time to be somethin more than i was yesterday, today. when i...
askin for help can sometimes be tough for me to do. i want to try to figure things out for myself. truly, though i was able to figure some things out for myself, there came a time when i could no longer. i needed help, especially when it came to my alcoholism. recovery helped me...