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bluidkiti · 11-10-2013, 10:22 AM

November 11

Living a Lie

Lying is as impractical as it is immoral. Falsehoods have no existence in reality, and must be retained in memory. A faulty memory will soon expose the false nature of a statement. Retention of falsehoods will diminish the brain's capacity to store useful information. Excuses, cover-ups, and frank distortion of fact characterize addiction. Many recovering people have expressed a sense of relief that they no longer need to tax their memories. Some have said that the euphoria of early sobriety comes from casting off the burden of living a falsehood. To live a lie is not only unethical, but also stupid.

11-10-2013, 10:22 AM	#11
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	November 11 Living a Lie Lying is as impractical as it is immoral. Falsehoods have no existence in reality, and must be retained in memory. A faulty memory will soon expose the false nature of a statement. Retention of falsehoods will diminish the brain's capacity to store useful information. Excuses, cover-ups, and frank distortion of fact characterize addiction. Many recovering people have expressed a sense of relief that they no longer need to tax their memories. Some have said that the euphoria of early sobriety comes from casting off the burden of living a falsehood. To live a lie is not only unethical, but also stupid. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.