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“If your life is ever going
to get better, you’ll have to take risks. There is simply no way you
can grow without taking chances.” — David Viscott The safest principle through
life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting
yourself. “Personal glorification,
overweening pride, consuming ambition, exhibitionism, intolerant smugness,
money or power madness, refusal to admit mistakes and learn from them,
self-satisfaction, lazy complacency – these and many more are the garden
variety of ills which so often beset movements as well as individuals.” ~AA Co-Founder, Bill W.,
August 1945 "Prayer, The Ultimate
Wireless Connection" ~ Vince T Defect of character is a
natural instinct that far exceeds its
intended purpose. ~Candice M. |
Big Book Quote If
that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual
experience will conquer. P44 |
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Daily Reflection THE "NUMBER ONE
OFFENDER" Resentment is the
"number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything
else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we
have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have
been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself
practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss over the wrong that I
have done, because I can easily see it as a question of
"getting even" for a wrong done to me. If I continue to relive
my old hurt, it is a resentment and resentment bars the
sunlight from my soul. If I continue o relive hurts and
hates, I will hurt and hate myself. After years in the
dark of resentments, I have bund the sunlight. I must let go
of resentments; I cannot afford them. |
Pot Luck Emotional pain is at the root of
our tendency to withhold, and this causes pain to the people subjected to it. The most common form of withholding is what we commonly call
“the silent treatment,” but withholding encompasses any unwillingness to
express your true feelings. It also includes an unwillingness to give
support, praise, or positive attention to the people you love. We have all
known someone who is impossible to please, and many of us have suddenly found
ourselves at the other end of a chilly silence with no explanation. At the same time, many
of us will recognize our own tendency to withhold our emotions rather than
express them. Most of us have seen both sides of the withholding dilemma.
Emotional pain is at the root of our tendency to withhold, and withholding
causes pain to the people subjected to it. It is a dysfunctional pattern that
creates a breakdown in communication and understanding. No one deserves to be subjected to withholding. Feeling
ignored, disrespected, or shut out is a terrible feeling — especially if we
don’t know why. The first thing to remember if this is happening to you is
that you are not to blame. You are caught in someone else’s pain pattern.
This person does not know how to express feelings in a healthy way probably
because this is what they learned when they were a child. The second helpful thing to remember is that the withholder is
acting out of pain. They are stuck in a habitual mode of response that is
self-defeating and alienating to the people they love. Remembering this will
help you feel compassion for the person hurting you. However, if you have
suffered too long with this pattern, you may need to get some space. Take
some time to look at your own patterns and understand why you have taken part
in this drama. If you are dealing with people in a family situation, you can
step up to the plate and help break the chain of this behavior pattern. On the other hand, if it is you who tends to withhold,
understand that this is a learned response, and it can be unlearned. Find
safe places to begin to express all that you’ve been holding back. Begin to
make an effort by saying what you’re feeling and thinking. Give praise to
someone you love. The more you do this, the healthier you and your
relationships will become. What was learned over the course of a life cannot
be changed overnight — remember, one day at a time.
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