I could be wrong and you might be right. My old sponsor insisted that I learn to say that to myself and sometimes to others. At first I almost gagged, trying to repeat that over and over. He insisted that I keep it up until it became a part of me.
As time went on, I began to understand why he did this. Before he started me doing this, I was always right. Even if I knew I wasn’t, I would still tell myself I wasn’t wrong in any event. I would never admit this to myself or anyone else. Now, here it was. The truth.
This was part of the beginning of repairing broken relationships and helping in establishing new ones. This is also the start of understanding that my sobriety was pretty much based on my relationships with others.
In thinking about this today, it also reveals to me part of the basis of my spiritual life. For instance, the people in the groups I attend are part of my higher power. I have a dependence on them in what I need to hear every day. The solution to not just my alcohol problem, but about the spiritual solution to all of my problems. I could be wrong and they might be right.
Today I can at least smile at the words on which I almost used to choke. I could be wrong and you might be right. It’s a reminder to me of how many seemingly small things I have learned have contributed to my sobriety. Sometimes they were subtle and some have come to me like being hit by a brick. But they have all added up over the years.
Anyway, I was thinking about the “little” things, which I have found so useful in my life on this road to sobriety that I’m on. Many of them I pass along to those I’m trying to help. Some I just hand out to others, whenever the occasion seems appropriate. Sometimes in meetings. To me it’s part of the message that there is a solution and these things are just a part of that solution. At least to me they are.