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Reflection for the day

okiyoe1
okiyoe1
The program teaches me to work for progress not perfection. That simple admonition gives me great comfort, for it represents a primary way in which my life today is so different than it used to be. in my former life perfection - for all its impossibility - was often my number one goal. Today i can believe if I sometimes fail, I'm not a failure - and if I sometimes make mistakes, I'm not a mistake. And i can apply these same belief's to The programs Twelve Steps as well as my entire life. Do i believe that Step One can be practiced with perfection, and that the other steps represent perfect ideas?
A Day at a Time 12/19
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gjm
gjm
Billy, good stuff. The words progress not perfection helped a lot early on. Like I"m a work in progress just like today.

As always,

Thanks
CoogeeMum
CoogeeMum
I used to believe in perfection. 99.9% was never good enough for me. I've learned it's okay to make mistakes. I can learn from them. Yep, work in progress guys, remaining subject to change without notice.
m8bear
m8bear
I remember being told that the only step I had to do 100% is step 1. Today, I have 12 of them and wow....what a difference having all of them makes.

I do wonder sometimes what it is about us alcoholics that makes us want to be so perfect. It wa a great realisation when I realised that I am not and no one else expects me to be either :)