CONDUCTED IN "A SPIRIT OF SELF-LOVE & HEALING" -
"Usually there is
one person whom we
have inflicted the greatest
damage - ourselves." "So ...
most of us need to write our
own name." ...[U]ntil we can
take this Step in a spirit of
self-love and healing, we
may not be ready for
it." (How Al-Anon Works,
pp. 58- 59)
THE HARM WE HOLD INSIDE -
"Many of us had trouble seeing how we had harmed ourselves ... ." "Some of us have had a tendency to deny any responsibility, while others have taken on total blame for every disagreement. As we talk with our sponsor and other addicts, our flawed perceptions begin to fall away and we find the clarity we need ... ." (It Works, How & Why, pp. 56 - 57)
"Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harms we do, we do to ourselves."
Mitch Albom (1958 - ) U.S. spiritual author of Tuesdays with Morrie
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.