Daily Reflection

September 12th

" I Am Responsible"

For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.

12 and 12, pp. 87

In recovery, and through the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, I learn that the very thing I fear is my freedom.  It comes from my tendency to recoil from taking responsibility for anything: I deny, I ignore, I blame, I avoid.  then one day I look, I admit, I accept.  The freedom, the healing and the recovery I experience is in the looking, admitting and accepting.  I learn to say, "yes, I am responsible."  When I can speak those words with honesty and sincerity, then I am free.

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