Recovery Meditations ~ Friendship ~ One Day at a Time ~ September 1, 2010

~ FRIENDSHIP ~

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The ideal friendship is between good people,

and people who share the same virtues.

Leading a good life for the sake of friends,

is the utmost of friendship itself.

Aristotle


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When I first came into recovery I had no

idea how to be a friend. I had thought

that people liked me because of what I

"did" for them, what I gave them, how

nice I was to them. It never ever

occurred to me that being a friend could

mean taking care of myself ... holding

fast to my program regardless ... being

gently honest to others in all things

... being loyal to my group ... being

true to my program and to myself. But

the part that escaped me the most was

that there were those who counted me as

a friend just because I am.

ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .


I will be a friend by being loyal to myself, my program and my ideals.