fist....Poundin', smashin', drivin' -
now I'm going to loosen up these doubled
up hands and touch things easy with
them.
-- Tennessee Williams
Every man has many sides. Some sides are highly developed and other sides aren't at all. We need not fear turning to a new side and exploring it. This recovery program has enabled us to pursue sides of sides of ourselves that were closed before. When we were lost in our narrow world of codependency and addiction, we had fewer options. Now we have greater access to our strength and our self-esteem, and we find new parts of our selves.
Many of us have found relationships which were never possible before, job choicees we would never have had, and the pleasure of greater involvement in life. It is reassuring to see that we don't always have to give up one side of ourselves to add new ones.
Thanks to God for the many options opening up to me in this renewed life.
