Mindfulness in Recovery

During our meeting tonight, Step 10 in the Woman's Way ends with the poem below. To me, it highlights my choice in recovery. I can choose another way today. What does it bring up for you?

“Portia Nelson acknowledges in her poem “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters”:

Chapter 1

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost. … I am helpless.

It isn’t my fault.

It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don’t see it.

I fall in again.

I can’t believe I am in this same place.

But, it isn’t my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter 3

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it is there.

I still fall in … it’s a habit … but,

my eyes are open.

I know where I am.

It is my fault.

I get out immediately.

Chapter 4

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

Chapter 5

I walk down another street.

”

Excerpt From

A Woman's Way through the Twelve Steps

Stephanie Convington

https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-womans-way-through-the-twelve-steps/id6471980895

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