Aloha MIPers/Al-Anon Family Groupers...The consequence of practice is new found or
in this case old found knowledge and awareness which is so supportive to ones
recovery from the disease and its effects.   I remember in early program reading from
inside the ODAAT daily reader the wisdom of Dr. Harry Tiebout which was so instrumental
of putting y denial system to rest.  I re-established the search for old and new support
because that system recently came alive again and was causing me concern. 

Here are the words of Dr. Tiebout as I located them on the internet.  Obviously they
were so very profound that they have been archived and available for me again.  They
were jogging my memory and now I have found a gem helpful in explaining denial.

One fact must be kept in mind, namely, the need to distinguish between submission and surrender . In submission, an individual accepts reality consciously, but not unconsciously. He or she accepts as a practical fact that he or she cannot at that moment lick reality, but lurking in the unconscious is the feeling, there'll come a day , which implies no real acceptance and demonstrates conclusively that the struggle is still on. With submission, which at best is a superficial yielding, tension continues.

I suggest that these words are important to me and might be for anyone here also.

In support.    (((((hugs)))))