a process
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 05:00:01 AM
although i know that as an addict i am incapable of making consistently good decisions, i can make better decisions today using the tools that have been given me.
my decision-making process is no longer driven purely by my disease and impulse. that does not mean that i am by any means cured, rather that i have the tools available to help me make better decisions if i choose to use them. i still can be self-centered and selfish, and as a result make decisions that are less than spiritually based. does this mean i should just give up and let my disease or someone else make all my decisions for me. not hardly. what this implies for me is that i do the best i can to make decisions based on what i know is right and have the integrity to accept the consequences of those decisions -- good or bad --
so i guess, just for today, i will do my best to use the principles that have been freely given to me to make those decisions i need to.
-- DT --
my decision-making process is no longer driven purely by my disease and impulse. that does not mean that i am by any means cured, rather that i have the tools available to help me make better decisions if i choose to use them. i still can be self-centered and selfish, and as a result make decisions that are less than spiritually based. does this mean i should just give up and let my disease or someone else make all my decisions for me. not hardly. what this implies for me is that i do the best i can to make decisions based on what i know is right and have the integrity to accept the consequences of those decisions -- good or bad --
so i guess, just for today, i will do my best to use the principles that have been freely given to me to make those decisions i need to.
-- DT --