WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, I HOPE THAT MY LIFE'S STORY WILL ACCURATELY CONVEY THE MIRACLE AND HOPE OF MY RECOVERY.
Then
I did the work in the program of deconstructing the falsehoods of my
past, and I learned to tell the truth, without exaggeration, with a
sincere desire to be helpful in the telling. I also learned how to
honestly express my feelings: I learned they are just something I
experience; they are not who I am.
Someone
called me "an open book" the other day. I keep working to make sure it
is one worth reading. I was so secretive in my addiction, and even in
early sobriety, that I didn't know how to truthfully relate to anyone. I
was constantly making up stories about where I had been, what I had
done, and how I felt, and I told them over and over until I believed
them myself.
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