Today's Reading - Voices of Recovery

"Every character defect we have today has been useful to us at some point in our lives, and we need to recognize that fact." OA 12 & 12 p. 47 As I acknowledged the usefulness of each of my character defects, i panicked. What would I become without my coping mechanisms? Surely i would flounder! Wouldn't I become an empty, dull, non-person? Then I realized that each of my coping mechanisms has an opposite. If I am violent, then God can make me non-violent. If I am a passive person, then God can make me active. if I ask God to replace my egotism with selflessness, then I can be sure it will be done. So when God removes my shortcomings, I will always be able to cope. After all, what better coping mechanisms are there than non-violence, action, and selflessness? Each of my character defects is replaced by its opposite, and I am equipped with a new set of survival skills - stronger, braver, and more adventurous that the old ones. God will never leave me empty. By His grace, I shall always survive.