Wisdom Of The Rooms - 2025

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April 14

Quote of the Week

"Resentment: Taking poison and hoping the other person dies."

This was sure a shocker the first time I heard it. I was new in recovery and I had so many resentments that I didn’t even know about them all yet. What I also didn’t realize was that the people, places, and things I resented didn’t know or care about how I felt. The only person suffering from my resentments was me. And after years of drinking over them, they finally brought me to my knees.

In the program, I learned a whole new way of living. When I started working the Fourth Step—making a searching and fearless moral inventory—I began to see all the resentments I had secretly been harboring. At first there were some I vowed I’d never let of, but as I uncovered, discovered, and began discarding them, I felt a new freedom and a sense of peace and happiness flow into my life.

In my recovery today, I have a new understanding of the danger and futility of holding onto resentments. I much prefer to remain comfortable in my own skin, so that whenever I’m upset or feeling slighted, I look for my part and clean my side of the street. If I’m still feeling resentful, I pray for the other person for two weeks; this always works if I’m willing to work it. Today, I no longer let resentments poison me, because today I choose to live happy, joyous, and free.