lovemysons
Well-Known Member
This line is taken from the movie Snow White and the Huntsman. husband and I saw this movie last night (for his 45th birthday date). I love this line from the movie and it REALLY got me to thinking about our difficult child addicts.
I know in the "4th Step" (of the 12 Steps in AA) one takes a personal moral inventory and then REVEALS it to another human being (sponser in most cases). It is very liberating, freeing and can give one the ability to accept themselves and any past "deviant" behavior that they may be eaten alive about in guilt. Often the response from the Sponser is "Oh, that again"...completely accepting of their "human experience" and just how commen it really is. Even though the difficult child addict/alcoholic may think in their own minds that they are the ONLY ones who ever said/did such a thing!
I DO wonder how many of our difficult child's ever made it to or past the 4th STep as it is a critical one.
LMS
I know in the "4th Step" (of the 12 Steps in AA) one takes a personal moral inventory and then REVEALS it to another human being (sponser in most cases). It is very liberating, freeing and can give one the ability to accept themselves and any past "deviant" behavior that they may be eaten alive about in guilt. Often the response from the Sponser is "Oh, that again"...completely accepting of their "human experience" and just how commen it really is. Even though the difficult child addict/alcoholic may think in their own minds that they are the ONLY ones who ever said/did such a thing!
I DO wonder how many of our difficult child's ever made it to or past the 4th STep as it is a critical one.
LMS