The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What level of honesty are you living now?
How honest are you with strangers, institutions and businesses, acquaintances, friends, family, spouse?
How honest are you with yourself?
"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
-- Walter Anderson
Alcohol's Promise: I am more powerful than all the combined armies of the world. I have destroyed more people than all the wars of the nations. I have caused millions of accidents and wrecked more homes than all the floods, tornadoes and hurricanes put together. I am the world's slickest thief, I steal billions of dollars each year. I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, the young, the strong and the weak. I loom up to such proportions that I cast a shadow over a field of labor. I am relentless, insidious and unpredictable. I am everywhere; in the home, on the street, in the factory, in the office, on land and in the air. I bring sickness, poverty and even death. I give nothing and take all. I am your worst enemy. I am alcohol. I am patient and I am waiting. ~Anonymous~
dear Lani, thank you for the post. i will have my A read it with me, since he has been trying very hard not to drink. he wants to know and see the " other side of things" sorta speak. i hope this help him and others.