Ruthlessly

I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 13

Ruthlessly – without pity, lacking compassion.
Merciless, cruel, heartless. The word works well
for someone I scorn, for enemies.
For my sins? Sure.
But wait a minute.
Some of those are attached,
deep-rooted, part of me.
Do I want to ruthlessly attack me?
Root and branch harkens back to England,
the year 1640, and even then it meant
removing entirely because it was bad.
Life as I've known it is bad,
rotten – root, branch and trunk.
Yes, I'm willing to ruthlessly
face my sins, to remove the rotten core,
to embrace recovery fully.