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Originally Posted by madisgram
Thanks for your thoughtful comment genetic. We have a saying in AA- in order to keep it, in our case sobriety, we must give it away...meaning to help others and ironically we help ourselves too by doing that.
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Yes, I believe that, too. I've read years ago that "whatever we do to or
for others, we also do to ourselves." Wise material.
Here's another one: "Everything that we say or do that demeans another human being records itself without exception in the unconscious mind and causes one to despise oneself". That's enough to make me alert to almost everything I say. It'll stop us dead in our tracks when we really think about it! There are times when I need to think about it more often.
I've heard it said that in many cases, people are unable to love themselves. Maybe that's part of any addiction; I don't know. Wonder what others think about that?