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Addiction & Recovery

In reply to the discussion: 2-28-1992 [View all]

tavalon

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13. It's not your job to thank each of us individually
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:14 AM
Mar 2012

It's our job to shower you with congrats, so very deserved. I'm finding that working on recovery is much more difficult than falling into old habits. You deserve all the accolades. And if you stumble, you will always have many hands willing to hold yours while you dig out. But if I were a betting woman (which I'm not, because I think that might just be one of my soft spots), I would guess that you won't.

Then again, to start a whole different topic, how hard is it for people with huge amounts of sobriety to admit when they have screwed up? I would think it would be incredibly hard, but I don't know. Perhaps the tenth (?) says it best when it says we recognize our mistakes and promptly admitted them. Makes it sound so easy, huh? (sorry don't have the steps right in front of me and am the opposite of eidetic).

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2-28-1992 [View all] NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 OP
Cyber Chip! irisblue Feb 2012 #1
Congratulations! cordelia Feb 2012 #4
most excellent and thank you NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 #5
Congratulations! cordelia Feb 2012 #2
thanks cordelia NMDemDist2 Mar 2012 #7
It's not your job to thank each of us individually tavalon Mar 2012 #13
congrats both oldhippydude Feb 2012 #3
thankie NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 #6
K&R! Wow!!! Kudos to you! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2012 #8
And another anniversary tavalon Mar 2012 #12
Thank you so much! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2012 #14
Yep, I don't remember the day of my first meeting tavalon Mar 2012 #15
check it out!! NMDemDist2 Mar 2012 #16
That rocks tavalon Mar 2012 #18
congratulations! demosincebirth Mar 2012 #9
Great work, I'll be realy old for my twenty. Tripod Mar 2012 #10
Woot tavalon Mar 2012 #11
Great Old Codger Mar 2012 #17
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