Keeping no secrets makes life so much simpler. We don’t have to guard our words, being careful of what we tell to whom. Letting others know who we really are gives us the opportunity to experience genuine acceptance. And we are learning every day that these new friends love us just as we are. More importantly, we are learning that we are not all that different from them. This wonderful fellowship is changing all of our lives. ~ Casey, Karen. A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance (Hazelden Meditations Book 1) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

I know from long experience
the struggle to tell what I told before
to the person I told it.
I actually enjoyed a job with the unusual rule
that I was forbidden to speak out
on any controversial topic.
I continue to live by that rule
though my guess is it no longer
constrains my sharing.
In the Rooms of Recovery,
however letting others know
who I really am gives me
the opportunity to experience
genuine acceptance.
And I’m no longer different, set apart…
I really belong for this wonderful fellowship
is changing my life. What a relief!

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