Hearing in early sobriety that I had “character defects” offended me. Who are you to say I’m broken? I just like to get drunk. 

I’ve come to see these defects as imperfections or symptoms of being human. They’re not diagnoses that can’t be changed. My character defects distorted my instincts for survival, security, and belonging and were further swollen by alcohol. My drinking replaced natural instincts with artificial ones that I believed were keeping me safe. Now I work to reclaim those natural instincts through spiritual growth, honesty, surrender, and daily practice. When I see my ego, anxiety, self-pity, or insecurity on the rise, it signals me to understand where I’m still healing and learn how to live better.

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