Comments on: Honesty In Getting Clean And Sober

By: Dave @ Jet Express Carpet Cleaning

Dave @ Jet Express Carpet Cleaning — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:17:14 +0000

That is one of the first signs that you are addicted and one of the last habits to go. The most important thing is being honest with others around you, especially loved ones, and it will force you to be honest with yourself.

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:45:28 +0000

I agree lying and dishonest are evil command that people always do. We must learn to control ourselves to do the right thing even it is hard to do. Lets make it a habit not to do these evil commands. Lets start with ourselves and family especially our children. I noticed every children today it is easy to them to tell a lie and dishonest to their parents.
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By: workingonit

workingonit — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:38:45 +0000

Yeah. I detest dishonesty in other people but once i began recovery I saw how much **I** had been dishonest while using. It has to stop

By: curthamre

curthamre — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:52:45 +0000

Unfortunately the skill of lying gets more positive press then the skill of telling the truth and being a person of intregity. Intregity seems to be a lost art in the modern culture of “me”. In sobreity, we build on intregity and the concept of doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. Because in sobriety, we know that without our Higher Power, Creator, God, we would be nothing but lost in our addiction again.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:18 +0000

thanks for the post.
Yes, dishonesty is the only truth most of addicts know and understand. We only come to the truth one day at a time when we begin to deal with the wreckage of our past drinking and drugging behaviour.
The important part of remaining sober is to not create more wreckage into the future.

By: lisaf-breakingthecycles.com

lisaf-breakingthecycles.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:38:23 +0000

This is equally true for the family members of one who abuses or is addicted to alcohol. We need to stop lying to ourselves about it not being all that bad or something everyone does on holidays or… And, like you said, “sometimes it’s not even our intention to deceive…” This is certainly the case for the codependent — they don’t even realize they’re doing it but don’t understand what “it” is, thus are unable to effectively deal with it. http://www.hbo.com/addiction is a great website that explains addiction. This link offers an explanation of what happens in the codependents brain, which, of course, contributes to the problem.http://tiny.cc/Hauxd

By: Bill Brown

Bill Brown — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:31:58 +0000

Agreed! Lying & dishonesty always starts at a very small proportion and gradually goes big and so big that it becomes the way of life of a person. Being honest may be hard but it always keep guilt at bay. And being honest to oneself is lot more important than anything else. It keep checks on you.like u started lying n u thought its easy same way one can start being honest and think its not that tough!!