Teachable

Once we have become teachable, we can give up old thought and behavior patterns which have failed us in the past, beginning with our attempts to control our eating and our weight. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 131-132).

Teachable. I don't want to be taught,
prefer the role of teacher. But, still.
I know where my behavior, my decisions,
my leadership got me — smack dab in miserable.
Teachable. Is it so bad to have someone else
point out the pitfalls, identify the traps,
make a few suggestions? I can take it from there.
Teachable. A few suggestions aren't what I need.
I need a copy of ​Living Recovery for Dummies.​
I don't need to be in charge, don't need the podium.
I can just sit back and be teachable.
Now if I just ​will.​