Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery have to listen to, and respect, other people’s choices. We especially need to do this if we are the controlling type personality. A controlling type personality is not the same as the leader type personality that can effectively control a difficult situation. Some of us feel the need to be in control because of fear, or a fear based ego. The controlling type personality needs to let others make their own choices without resorting to anger, or any other manipulative actions or suggestions. Other people need freedom of choice the same as we need freedom from our mental health disorders and addiction. A sad thing is that we don’t even know we are doing it. As scary as it might be we need to stop. Other people are not our puppets. Recovery is about freedom. That means everyone’s.
