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Be the change you want to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi

How often have we participated in lengthy debates about the evils of our society? Liberals bash conservatives about being “greedy,” and conservatives bash liberals about “crippling” productive citizens. In recovery, the same type of discussion continues, with NA debating the usefulness of terms like “sobriety,” A.A. debating exactly how much one can mention the word drugs in a meeting, and C.D.A. deliberating about how open “open” should be. In the meantime, life goes on despite the “evils” of society, and people recover despite the language used in meetings. This is because the answers don’t come through discussion, they come through experience. What works, stays; and what doesn’t, goes. So, the answers to the great debates will only come as we become the answers we want to see in our world.

I do not demand that others change to suit me.

I become the change I want to see.

He started calling me all the time to tell me what was happening with his life, and I saw a miraculous change take place in him.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 288