The first 151 pages of the Big Book if Alcoholics Anonymous deals wth the first step. Learning the principal of HONESTY is a life long endevor for myself. I have come to know the depth of my dishonesty is a tricky affair. Being honest with others was difficult enough but no where as difficult as being honest with me. The tendency to think I am right is where it starts, this is an unwillingness to see the truth. This is how easy it is to take the road down the slippery slope. If I am justifying my actions with dishonest eyes, I tend to look down on truth. The pain of lying to myself, can lead me to the lips of the bottle, kissing me into that place where the dispair lives. I have visited that place many times and it was never a scenic road. In order for me to aviod the pain of regret I must be honest with me in all my affairs. I have had to learn this lesson the hard way, by creating many different kinds of pains, but in the end pain is pain, and I can aviod most pain by being honest in all my affairs. I always have to wish myself good luck on that.
Peace Out: M copyright 2015