DAILY REFLECTIONS for May 10th

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Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility – a word often misunderstood. … it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 58

I know deep inside that if I were ever to be joyous, happy and free, I had to share my past life with some other individual. The joy and relief I experienced after doing so were beyond description. Almost immediately after taking the Fifth Step, I felt free from the bondage of self and the bondage of alcohol. That freedom remains after 36 years, a day at a time. I found that God could do for me what I couldn't do for myself.

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