Friday, May 6, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Getting honest
There is an intuitive understanding between recovering addicts and newcomers. Old-timers know well the games that newcomers play at first. Newcomers are not asked what they’re thinking, they’re told what they’re thinking! They don’t need to be trapped into lies; old-timers tell them the lies they were about to tell.
Thus, in the beginning, we start to get honest because we hardly have a choice. We give up on playing games because there are no tricks left in the bag. Being confronted by others, we have to get honest — honest enough to save our lives.
Have I stopped playing games? Am I getting more honest?
Higher Power, let me be grateful for the intuition and quick tongue of my fellow members: They can help me get honest.
I will practice honesty today by…
Hazelden Foundation
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