Monday, September 7, 2020

Sept. 7, 2020 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Monday, Sept. 7, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
To “be” means to be related. — Alfred Korzybski
In our using and codependent days, loneliness was ever-present. We could be with a crowd, but we felt alienated and alone. Many of us grew up in families where no one really knew how to feel close. We often longed for a closer connection with our fathers. As adult men, we learned to be self-sufficient, and we thought it was always superior to be able to do something without help. If we got help to accomplish something, it was somehow not quite as good as if we did it alone.
Now we are part of a fellowship with other men and women who know what it’s like to be where we have been; they are on the same journey. We may have very different lives in some ways, but we have our common goal: to become better people. The true basis for our humanity, the real fulfillment of our potential, is in relationship with others. We no longer have to be locked in our isolated world. Through our friendships and our spiritual path, we are free to be ourselves.
Today, I am grateful for my friends.
Hazelden Foundation

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