Are You Really Willing to Pay the Price – Step 6

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“… it may seem
easier to manipulate
outcomes or avoid con-
sequences, [cuz] we know
that we cannot afford the
price we would have to pay.

(It Works, How & Why, p. 47)

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What is an example of a price you felt you had to pay to make you feel wiser today, lately?

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What secret mistake are you ready to let go of today?

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SHAME – Robbie Williams (4:24) 

Davey Wavey’s Seduction Secrets (6:37)
Self-Esteem Healing Guided Meditation (9:39)

Analysis: The Cost of Secrets

It Works: How & Why weighs heavy compromises. Shame costs inner peace dearly. Secret guilt haunts quiet hours. Over-eaters Anonymous exposes buried mistakes. We hide shadows rather than face truth.

Jonathan Swift champions moral ownership instead. Admitting error proves personal growth today. Yet self-condemnation traps tired hearts. A Higher Power restores dignity beyond measure. Grace washes heavy burdens clean. Wellbriety wisdom anchors fragile spirits. “Forgiveness frees the spirit to soar” (White Bison, 2002, p. 104). Honest confession breaks old chains. Healing begins through courageous transparency.

References

Swift, J. (1729). The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift. Bell.

White Bison. (2002). The Red Road to Wellbriety. White Bison, Inc.

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Traducción al Español

Citas, Títulos y Referencias

ESTÁS REALMENTE DISPUESTO A PAGAR EL PRECIO – PASO 6

EL PESO DE LA VERGÜENZA –

“… puede parecer más fácil manipular resultados o evitar consecuencias, [porque] sabemos que no podemos permitirnos el precio que tendríamos que pagar. La vergüenza, el remordimiento y la pérdida de la paz espiritual resultantes superarían con creces cualquier cosa que pudiéramos ganar comprometiendo nuestros principios.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 47)

CULPA NO RESUELTA –

“Muchos de nosotros habíamos vivido nuestras vidas hasta este momento con un sentimiento secreto de vergüenza.”

“A menudo, esta vergüenza se debía a la culpa no resuelta por errores que nunca habíamos afrontado por completo.” (Over-eaters Anon., p. 29)

JONATHAN SWIFT –

“Un hombre nunca debe avergonzarse de reconocer que ha estado equivocado, lo cual equivale a decir… que hoy es más sabio que ayer.”

— Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745), satirista y escritor irlandés

Análisis

It Works: How & Why pesa compromisos pesados. La vergüenza cuesta caro la paz interior. La culpa secreta persigue las horas tranquilas. Over-eaters Anonymous expone errores enterrados. Escondemos sombras en lugar de afrontar la verdad.

Jonathan Swift defiende en su lugar la propiedad moral. Admitir el error demuestra crecimiento personal hoy. Sin embargo, la autocondenación atrapa corazones cansados. Un Poder Superior restaura la dignidad sin medida. La gracia limpia las cargas pesadas. La sabiduría de Wellbriety ancla espíritus frágiles. “El perdón libera al espíritu para elevarse” (White Bison, 2002, p. 104). La confesión honesta rompe viejas cadenas. La sanación comienza mediante una transparencia valiente.

Pregunta Concluyente

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Comments

10 responses to “Are You Really Willing to Pay the Price – Step 6”

  1. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Each repeated mistake was a lesson not yet fully learned.

  2. Eli???????????????????? Avatar
    Eli????????????????????

    Admitting your mistakes is the only way to grow from them. Noticing a mistake and keeping it to yourself is not enough. Disclosure is required to find out how to make amends, not only what you think would make it right. Other people’s feedback on your mistakes is much more productive than just sitting alone in your head.

  3. Ari L Avatar
    Ari L

    I had to go through a lot of suffering in my last relapse and I think I found at the knife edge of life or death the wisdom that I want to survive. In the struggles since I’ve wanted to thrive, but I have learned to honor the gift of desperation in moments of low motivation. And, honor how much suffering came with that such that I don’t repeat the same mistakes or receive the same setbacks

  4. Elexi W.S.A. Avatar

    When we see somethin’ is wrong in our lives like a mistake for instance we then realize wow I want or need to change some things. My wants of change for more strength for instance is more control in my actions to stay solidified.

  5. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    I have heard that step one is the only step that needs to be perfect, flawless. And that is the admission of fault. That I admit my life has become unmanageable. Owning up to your mistakes shows accountability builds Trust…

  6. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Fail fast. It is a term I used with the last team I managed, and more than a term, it is a way of operating. Empower people to be creative, try things that are not obvious, and simultaneously be willing to admit if its not going to work and change directions quickly.

    That’s life to me when I am in recovery. Be willing to be wrong, admit to them with laughter and keep going. knowing that I have learned and therefore I have grown. Hopefully I will even exclaim in my failure, “How Fascinating” and carry on.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful

  7. Easy Does It Avatar
    Easy Does It

    FEATURED POST FROM THE ZONR VAULT – “i hate consequences! LOL, I like this comment its not shameful to be in the wrong… everyone has, the trick is to not dwell , live in the past, i’m wiser now, the key is to keep that wisdom, keep in the 10th step. its too hard to manipulate outcomes.” (Easy Does It, 9/30/2011)

  8. Slim Jim Avatar
    Slim Jim

    It’s weird how much resistance I feel to saying I was wrong. The more I am able to accept that I WILL mistakes and that’s ok the less intense my defense mechanisms will feel the need to wall me off from others.

    And then to realize, “I am wiser” for having admitted my mistakes the way I’d like to see things.

  9. easy does it Avatar
    easy does it

    i hate consequences! LOL, I like this comment its not shameful to be in the wrong… everyone has, the trick is to not dwell , live in the past, i’m wiser now, the key is to keep that wisdom, keep in the 10th step. its too hard to manipulate outcomes.

  10. Margot E. Avatar
    Margot E.

    I had not realized until recently that I had moved away from shame; I also feel less guilt than before. The gifts of the Steps is that I can move out of the shadow that clouded my thinking before – that I did not have enough, could not do enough, simply was not enough. I think that knowing and loving my Higher Power allows me more fully to see that being me is enough; I give back as I can; I try to find ways of relating to others from a place of love. And no matter what, I am exactly as my Higher Power planned…and that is enough.

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