Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Doubt is not a pleasant state but certainty is a ridiculous one.
— Voltaire
In recovery it is easy to become too sure of ourselves. We talk things over in the group, fix our boundaries, have a period of abstinence, and then think we can just experiment a little …just once …to prove we are still “in control.”
Pride comes before a fall, indeed. And pride is often simply the certainty that we are always right. We become grandiose in our excessive sureness, and then we have slips that frighten us and threaten our recovery.
There is nothing wrong with a healthy dose of doubt. There are lots of things we’re not sure of, and we can admit them honestly. Doubt can be a way of arriving at the truth and is a good antidote to overconfidence.
I see the danger of pride, and I am taking the steps to move ahead in my recovery.
Hazelden Foundation
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