Post by caressa on Oct 7, 2009 9:18:17 GMT -5
Do I put too much reliance on any one member of the group? That is, do I make a tin god out of some one person? Do I set that person on a pedestal? If I do, I am building my house on sand.
Twenty-four Hours a Day
Twenty-four Hours a Day
This happened to me. I felt like I was being used. I think they looked at me as their HP and looked to be for their good orderly direction.
A friend of mine use to act like she was her husband's Higher Power. He would learn things in recovery and she would discount them and it was to be her way. Thankfully he stayed sober with only one relapse.
The group as a whole was my Higher Power for a while because I was angry at the God I was raised with. Until I could find one of my own understanding, it worked. A group of alcoholics showing me a new way to live. When I look at the group as a whole, instead of individuals, I can maintain a healthy outlook.
Higher Power is an energy force working in my life, not a person. Humans are vulnerable and not always infallible, as much as they would like to think they are. What is good for someone, may not be good for someone else. We are unable to see the whole picture, the grand scheme of things.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infallibility
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.