Self-responsibility is an important step in Recovery. How much simplier does it get ?
See what reality Another Anonymous Alcoholic came up against during their quest for recovery.
"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your Recovery Realm In order to assist you in connecting to the right Recovery Team member, please listen to all the options before making a selection:
* To lie about why you are absent from recovery meetings - Press 1
* To make excuses for why you did not do your step work- Press 2
* To complain about what we do or how we do it - Press 3
* To swear at or take the inventory of Recovery Team members - Press 4
* To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your Big Book and several pamphlets suggessted to you ( Hint: did you read it?) - Press 5
* If you want US to do the work and get YOU clean and sober - Press 6
* If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone - Press 7
* To request another sponsor, for the third time this week - Press 8
* To complain about no transportation to meetings - Press 9
* To complain about Recovery meeting coffee - Press 0
* If you realize this is the real world and you must be accountable and responsible for your own behavior, Recovery, step work and that it's not the fellowships' fault for your lack of clean time or sobriety: Hang up and have a nice day!
Don't spend your precious time asking "Why am I not clean or sober?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make recovery a reality ?" To that there is an answer.
If you understand this - Embrace the Journey!
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