FORGIVENESS IS THE KEY TO ACTION AND FREEDOM. When we refuse to forgive ourselves, we think we are being very noble for not letting ourselves off the hook.  What we're really doing, however, is setting our selves up to use again. We're  ACCEPTING the fact we are powerless over are addiction.  It changed us into people who did not act according to are values.  We did things that hurt others.  If we ACCEPT our powerlessness, we are saying that addiction controlled us, and not the other way around.  We did not choose this disease and therefore, MUST FORGIVE ourselves for getting a HUMAN DISEASE called addiction.  It doesn't mean our behavior was okay, it means we no longer hold a grudge against OURSELVES. For  today lets forgive are selves. till next time