mikeslr wrote:Sorry musher0,
I'm stumped at Step 6. It's taken a life-time for me to not only recognize the defects of my character, to be at peace with them, but to appreciate their being essential to my unique identity. As I'm unwilling to surrender to any group or entity my right to such uniqueness I'm unable to contemplate a fitting way to suggest the benefit of their removal.
Or to put it another way, I humbly admit to being prideful of my short-comings.
Hi mikeslr.
I would think your remark is about about Step 7: "Humbly asked Him to
remove our shortcomings."
Rather than Step 6: "We[']re entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character."
Although IMO they both cover the same territory, more or less.
And you are perfectly right in the absolute, for your own personality
and life-path. Perhaps I should say "a non-addict" is perfectly right to
come up with a remark such as yours considering his/her personal
life-path.
But in the case of an AA or NA, or even an OA, that "short-coming" or
"defect of character" is drinking or taking drugs, or "eating one's
emotions", aka over-eating ... All of which ultimately and really may land
the person in a coffin... Another take entirely on "short-coming".
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But if we put our mind back in parody mode, considering our compulsion
to use PuppyLinux and / or this forum?
I know, that posture is irreverent, and I beg forgiveness from members
of 12-Step Fraternities for having been so bold as to initiate this thread.
However, being able to poke a little fun at oneself or at one's addiction is
a recognized sign of mental health. I hope members of 12-Step
Fraternities who are advanced enough in their recovery process will not
take offense.
Maybe following an approach such as a_salty_dog's or greengeek's would
get you "unstumped", mikeslr?
Or it is possible to stop the thread at this point, even have it erased, if
enough people think it is not in good fun.
BFN.