Relationship Inventory
Our life in addiction was shaped by a controlling relationship with a destructive substance, a habit, a person – or a combination of these. At some point we began to believe that we were entitled to whatever would give us pleasure and keep pain at a distance. We became focused on ourselves and our needs to the exclusion of every other relationship. We did not know how to love others in a healthy way and believed, because of our familiar feelings of self-rejection, that we were unlovable.
No matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end. (1 Corinthians 13:4-5 MSG)
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. (1 John 4:12 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, forgive me for living as a self-centered individual. Teach and empower me to live in loving relationship with You, my family and those in my community. Please help me to love and care for others as You love and care for me. Amen
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