"About this slip business-- I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us, and I guess you are treading on of them. God is not asking us to be successful. He is only asking us to try to be. That, you surely are doing, and have been doing. So I would not stay away from AA through any feeling of discouragement or shame. It's just the place you should be. Why don't you try just as a member? You don't have to carry the whole AA on your back, you know!
"It is not always the quantity of good things you do, it is also the quality that counts.
"Above all, take it one day at a time."
Letter, 1958
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Wow.... did I ever need to see this!!! Back on the horse, and to heck with guilt!
Joni
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~~"It's hard to be hateful when you're grateful."~~
After I had three months sober I picked up again. But, I carried so much guilt around with me for a long while afterwards. It was only when I let go of the guilt that I started to feel better and was able to get on with my recovery. I wish that I had read that passage then.
Thanks for posting it.
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
