Degrees of Separation

When I first started going to meetings, even though members advised me to try to identify with what other people shared, I could only see the differences. Yes I drank, but not to the degree that you did. Yes my life was unmanageable, but not to the degree that yours was. Yes I lied and was dishonest, but not to the degree that you were. And on it went. Not being able to see past those degrees kept me separated, isolated, and insulated from the truth of what I had become.

A.A. taught me how connecting with others, helped me to connect with myself. Today I want to be one among many, neither less than nor better than.

Spot check: Are my thoughts keeping me separate from you today, and to what degree?