Occasionally, I try to reclaim my isolation. I do it by being the know-it-all at OA meetings, by not really being honest with my sponsor, by being too proud to ask for help. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 1662-1664).
Why would anybody claim isolation?
Who would want isolation?
We should know. We lived isolation,
knew no other life because our anger,
fear, trepidation, apprehension,
foreboding, dismay...the angst
we came in with surely proved
conclusively the isolation,
the misery of our lives.
We claim OA because we have seen
the changes that are ours to enjoy
in Recovery. But old habits die hard
and the anger, fear, trepidation,
apprehension, foreboding, dismay...
the angst returns when we cease to remember
what we have is a daily reprieve
contingent on the maintenance
of our spiritual condition.
And just so long as we remember this,
we have no need to claim isolation!
Who would want isolation?
We should know. We lived isolation,
knew no other life because our anger,
fear, trepidation, apprehension,
foreboding, dismay...the angst
we came in with surely proved
conclusively the isolation,
the misery of our lives.
We claim OA because we have seen
the changes that are ours to enjoy
in Recovery. But old habits die hard
and the anger, fear, trepidation,
apprehension, foreboding, dismay...
the angst returns when we cease to remember
what we have is a daily reprieve
contingent on the maintenance
of our spiritual condition.
And just so long as we remember this,
we have no need to claim isolation!
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