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If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. ~Alice Roosevelt Longworth

When we were using, we often talked about people in negative ways behind their backs. Gossip was just a part of our daily life. Many of us were intolerant of the differences between ourselves and others. Even if we didn’t talk behind other people’s backs, we may have abrasively said unkind things directly to their faces! Once we begin working the Steps, the time arrives when we realize people are only doing the best they can, just like us. In C.D.A., we are a diverse group of people seeking recovery. At times, each of us falls short. Instead of taking others’ inventories, both in and out of the Program, we would do better to focus on helping them up when they are down, and rejoice in their triumphs when they are on top of the world!

The only time I should be looking down on another is when I’m helping them up.

Obvious social, and sometimes moral issues arise when such a diverse group of addicted people as we are gathered in the Chemically Dependent Anonymous setting.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 16