To stop behaving in certain ways means taking risks. Old patterns grip us so tightly! Even when the behavior pinches us painfully, we hold to them. It is familiar to us, this makes it tolerable, knowable, somewhat manageable, and far less scary than trying something new. We are on this recovery path because each of us wants a new life. We have grown sick and tired of the old ways that no longer work. We have come to believe that change is possible if we look for it in the right place. This is the right place! At any meeting we can see others who, like us, are trying new behaviors and meeting with success. We are role models for one another, and every time one of us tries a new response to an old situation, we are all encouraged and become willing to take a risk, in a good way. We know that what another can do, we can do too. We are truly the luckiest people alive because now we have a training ground where it is safe to try new behaviors. We can discard old, self-defeating patterns in the safe environment of Mentorship and working a program of recovery.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:15 +0000
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