Character Strengths
The Good and the Bad
27/Jun/08
After I had been in recovery for a while, I got a
copy of Al-Anon's Fourth Step workbook
Blueprint for Recovery and began to use
it as a guide for my inventory. I was well aware
of at least some of my character defects, but I
was amazed at the number of questions relating to
my strengths.
Over and over, I was challenged to recognized my positive qualities. Why spend time on what worked when what I was trying to do was fix myself? My sponsor answered that question this way—my strengths are the foundation that God would use to build my recovery upon. Refusing to acknowledge them was delaying my progress in recovery.
Over and over, I was challenged to recognized my positive qualities. Why spend time on what worked when what I was trying to do was fix myself? My sponsor answered that question this way—my strengths are the foundation that God would use to build my recovery upon. Refusing to acknowledge them was delaying my progress in recovery.
—Anonymous