An alcoholic carries an awful load around with them. What a load lying puts on your shoulders! Drinking makes liars out of all of us alcoholics. In order to get all the liquor we want, we have to lie all the time. We have to lie about where we've been and what we've been doing. When you are lying you are only half alive, because of the fear of being found out. When you come into A.A., and get honest with yourself and with other people, that terrible load of lying falls off your shoulders. ~Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Today I am grateful...
- for lunch with William yesterday and lots of art talk
- to not have to search sordid places for enough or more
- for prayers for those who no longer come to meetings at Lambda. There are newcomers that will not know their experience, strength and hope.
- that the most elegant things in life are the most simple things
- to remain grateful for the character defects that have been removed and be willing to be willing to recognize the ones left
- that today is a great day to be sober and in recovery
- for my assignment to research honesty
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God in a manly way and say, Sir, I made an honest mistake. -H. L. Mencken
"Rigorous honesty," which is based on the premise that dishonesty often comes from disowned and disliked parts of the self that are repressed and unconscious. Dishonesty and distortion result from these unresolved wounds, as do defenses that cloud awareness and distort the ways individuals see and communicate with others.
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... and thus it came to be.
We appreciate your sleuthing for honesty, Nancy Drew.
xxx, Bess, George, and Ned
Honesty with emotions is what I still struggle with. Thanks for some thought-provoking posts.
Oh lordy am I grateful not to have to search sordid places any more as well!
I used to feel at home in the lowest places, now...they would scare me to death.
And then there was a bright, I had flipped the light switch.
And then there was a bright light, I had flipped the light switch.
Honesty, is such a lonely word.
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