"Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by anyone, but coaxed downstairs one step at a time."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
The nature of habit is insidious and sticky. And although some habits adhere with unerring and unfortunate ease, we're left with the same dilemma no matter the habit: how to get undogged.
Having recovered from chronic alcoholism (weekend binge-drinking) and cigarette smoking, and having dealt with numerous other recoveries, overeating one of them, I can speak in a way with which you will probably concur.
I tried numerous times to fling habits out the window. That is to overcome them, cold turkey, without a strategy, or with a strategy that was ill-fated. Almost every time I failed. Because I didn't establish a solitary habit in countering a moment that always comes.
Something AA taught me was the importance of honesty. It's on the turning away that we're done in when on our attempt to recover. And there are moments when we're tempted, where the decision to lapse comes through turning away.
We dissociate from ourselves in these moments, through a little lie believed, a pivotal denial, a dangerous compromise. Such a turning away renders the days, weeks, months, sometimes years, of hard work, vain.
The way recovery works is focus one day at a time, as Twain suggests, one step at a time. It's not rocket science. But it is a commitment to not turning away, which is to stay truthful with ourselves, faithful to our cause.
Being honest, one day at a time, consistently and faithfully ever after, is the way to recover from every nasty habit.
The imperative, then, is to stay honest. Be honest each step of the way and we can achieve anything that is possible for us to achieve.
Steve Wickham holds Degrees in Science, Divinity, and Counselling. Steve writes at: http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com.au/ and http://tribework.blogspot.com.au/
By Steve Wickham
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