Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery learn about our sins and character defects. In the beginning of self examination we were victims of others. We believed we were the results of others’ harm and neglect. We couldn’t see ourselves as flawed beings in both nature and action. The reality we needed to face was we are people with an illness. We also learned that our sins and our character defects were parts of our nature and our coping skills. More often than not mental illness and intoxication distorted our character and mutated our nature to a point that we ourselves were out of control. We lost touch with a healthy, coherent, and sensible reality. We needed help. Many of us needed medicine to realize we were ill. We became responsible for our recovery. We became responsible for ourselves and we were no longer victims. When we saw this we became aware that we are decent people worthy of love and belonging. We know we have our flaws. Today we have a healthy, coherent, and sensible reality. One day at a time.
