What A Concept - I
Yes, I’m being a bit facetious…
From “Living Sober”
“To begin to put the concept of ‘Live and Let Live’ into practice, we must face this fact: There are people in A.A., and everywhere else, who sometimes say things we disagree with, or do things we don’t like.”
Ya’ think?
“Learning to live with differences is essential to our comfort. It is exactly in those cases that we have found it extremely helpful to say to ourselves, ‘Oh, well, Live and Let Live.’”
How often did you wind up with a resentment and drink at someone simply because you didn’t like what they had to say or they had a differing opinion and refused to see it your way?
“We have learned it pays to make a very special effort to try to understand other people, especially anyone who rubs us the wrong way. For our recovery, it is more important to understand than to be understood.”
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2 opinions for What A Concept - I
Trudge
Jul 22, 2008 at 6:01 am
I really did LOL with “ya think.” Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it today.
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Aug 13, 2008 at 12:15 am
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