~ 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.