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Mon, Feb 5, 2007 09:35:20 AM
∞ it is easy to step back from the procession of newcomers -- ∞
posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 09:35:20 AM
after all, i have seen so many people come and go.
as a result, i do find myself pulling back from the parade and watching to see who really is going to keep coming back. i understand that is members like me, who happen to have some time clean that can make the difference between a newcomer coming back and i often find myself weighing the risk to my emotional state before stepping up and welcoming those new members. the part of me i call my disease works a bit of overtime and i can hear the rationalizations and justifications flying right now. someone else will greet them, i am too busy to spend the time, i do not go to enough meetings, blah, blah, blah! so anyhow, what am i going to do today? well not a whole bunch, move on with my responsibility and do my work, call my sponsor and when i attend my next meeting remember that a hug and a welcomes can make the difference between someone who gets recovery and someone who just joins the newcomer parade.
as a result, i do find myself pulling back from the parade and watching to see who really is going to keep coming back. i understand that is members like me, who happen to have some time clean that can make the difference between a newcomer coming back and i often find myself weighing the risk to my emotional state before stepping up and welcoming those new members. the part of me i call my disease works a bit of overtime and i can hear the rationalizations and justifications flying right now. someone else will greet them, i am too busy to spend the time, i do not go to enough meetings, blah, blah, blah! so anyhow, what am i going to do today? well not a whole bunch, move on with my responsibility and do my work, call my sponsor and when i attend my next meeting remember that a hug and a welcomes can make the difference between someone who gets recovery and someone who just joins the newcomer parade.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a
great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind
of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the
other)?