Tuesday, July 12, 2011

about relapsing














todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful

that I have not relapsed since I first got sober (yet)

I can't help but wonder about some of my recovery friends who still go to bars and then relapse. What part of "stay away from the bars" don't you understand? That's what I want to ask them, but the few times I have done so, people seem to be offended. hmmmmmmm...

Looking at my own behavior and my motives behind that behavior is possibly the most important part of my recovery. I have to do it continuously. I think this is called Step 10.



The ego lives by comparisons...
The ego cannot survive without judgment.

- A Course in Miracles



4 comments:

steveroni said...

Quote really grabbed me. If I do not judge, everything will be just as it is supposed to be.

Mary Christine said...

I agree about the relapses.

Syd said...

My wife will not go to bars or to large parties. She simply has no desire to be around people who are drinking and loud. I don't like bars either. And for the same reasons.

Todd HellsKitchen said...

Relapsers never come back boasting about how great their relapse was... Eh?