Today's Thought - November

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November 25

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

~James Baldwin

There may be times when the shame and fear of the past intrudes on the present. We worry that our children may have been harmed by our addiction. When the time comes to make amends to our children, we can trust we'll know the way to do that. We may or may not choose to tell our children we are addicts. We may or may not explain the past to them. But we must honestly face the consequences of our addiction on our children and commit ourselves to helping them heal.

With the help of our group and the Twelve Step program, we'll know what to do when the opportunity for healing presents itself. One recovering person said, "The day I started to recover, my child did, too. My amend for the past is to make the present different."

God, please grant me the courage to face myself so that I can face my children.

Today's reading is from the book Answers in the Heart