responsibility

Who’s to blame?

May 13, 2012

Personal responsibility. Unless we’re unusual, we’ve probably accepted the widespread practice of blaming certain individuals and groups when trouble occurs. Most likely, we’ll also have people whom we blame for our own difficulties: unloving parents, careless teachers, unfair bosses, and others on an endless list. However accurate it may be, such blame-placing does nothing constructive. [...]

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Personal Responsibility

February 19, 2012

When Others Don’t perform There will be times when other people will disappoint us.. either intentionally or because of indifference or incompetence. If we have been counting on them, their nonperformance can cause us real anger and frustration. Our growth, however, should teach us that such failures are part of life. While never losing trust [...]

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Maturity

February 7, 2012

Responsibility for our actions. The practice of scape-goating goes way back to biblical times. It’s easier to blame others for our problems, than to take personal responsibility for facing and solving them. In the AA program, however, there’s nothing that serves as a basis for blaming others. In every way, AA insists that alcoholics take [...]

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