When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

Just had the thought, when we do something wrong, or what we perceive to be wrong because of old tapes, how often do we blame our parents instead of taking responsibility for our own decisions.

When I surrender and put my day and ME in my God's Care, then I under His/Her care and direction and it is up to me as to how I follow direction, because I am granted freedom of choice.

Just for today, I choose not to use. I choose not to use my parents as a scapegoat and take responsibility for my own disease. I am powerless over them, and they are powerless over me, unless I give them the power.

With the holidays coming on, I have to look at each day as another 24 hours. If I am in today, worrying about Christmas, I have to ask myself, "Why are you doing that?" Christmas isn't here yet. Even when it gets here, I need to turn my will and my life into the hands of my Higher Power and ask for help to get through the day. When my life is in my God's hands, I am given that pause to stop and think and ask myself, "Why are you doing that." My sobriety comes first, everything else is secondary, including my family and friends. Without my sobriety, I have nothing. Certainly nothing worth celebrating, and for me to use is to die, so why would I be doing something that would jeoprodize my life.