Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought - December

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December 19

How We Become What We Despise

We frequently hear, I was repulsed by my father's or mother's drinking. I swore I would never become like that. Or the doctor who saw deteriorated drunks who would go into the DTs, and swore that would never happen to them. Yet these people relate how they went on to become what had been so abhorrent to them. If we know we have the potential for insanity, and we wish to avoid disastrous consequences, we designate friends to be on the alert. This transpires in the recovery fellowship, where a sponsor or friends can look for signs of irrationality, and prevent self-destructive behavior.