September 18
Couples Need to Recover Together
When we become truly sober, we develop a different lifestyle and new personality. True sobriety involves humility and character growth. It requires self-examination, admission of mistakes, and making amends. If a spouse achieves sobriety and character growth, problems may occur when the nonchemically dependent partner does nothing about his or her own growth, either by involvement in Al-Anon or Nar-Anon, or through counseling. A disparity may develop so instead of everything getting better when the addict recovers, new problems arise. Family programs can be helpful in enabling everyone to maximize individual character strengths and achieve growth.
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"No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time!
God says that each of us is worth loving.
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