When it comes to true recovery, it’s important to write it all down.
It’s one thing to take a searching moral inventory, it’s another thing to commit those negative traits and past mistakes to paper. There’s something about writing something down that makes it so real, so permanent.
I had fear of putting certain things on paper where someone could discover those secrets I’d protected for so long. It was only when my pain became great enough that surrender became easier. Eventually, everyone struggling with an addiction is either going to fight to the bitter end or pick up the tools. I chose to pick up the tools.
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