Selfish

I am continually being taught by the Universe where we can be in a heart beat should we decide to pick up again. I know two individuals who have been diagnosed with liver disease and stopped drinking for a minute. Only a minute though because they were 'cured' and decided they can do 'one more' which is the lie our disease tells us. I watch as individuals still in active addiction and or in a dry drunk only think about themselves and how life and life's problems are 'all about them'.

They are a gift to us. What I work on is loving them as a child of God and as a human being ask them to stay away from me. I pray for them and set boundaries. When our disease grabs hold of us we become powerless one more time. It is only in the acceptance of being powerless, surrendering to being powerless that we can take our first step into recovery. We tell ourselves it is not an easy step, yet compared to spiraling out of control it is a far easier option.