I keep trying to remember in my own life that others must slip and slide as much as
necessary to learn their lessons, just as I have "relapses", or recycling, in mine. A
quote I heard is that we usually have to take a few steps back before we make a giant leap
of faith, or recovery (ever tried to leap across a wide ditch without doing that?) If I'm
in the way of someone trying to step back (relapsing), they're more likely to fall in more
muck when they're ready to jump. I try to remember that, whenever I'm tempting to think "I
know better" than my Higher Power.

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I used to have a real struggle expressing myself. It came from being scared that if I
didn't say things just right, ppl would "read my mind" wrong, and accuse me of all sorts
of nasty motivations, etc. (actually, when I was a child, it happened a lot). The more
calm I got inside, the less that now worries me. They can think what they want, I have no
control over it. If they want to know what's truly in my mind, they have the right to ask.

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