RECOVERY 4 – HUMILITY

Humility is often considered a weakness but those who feel this way do not see its benefits.

People in recovery sometimes have difficulty understanding the differences between self-esteem (assertiveness and standing up for one’s rights) and humility.

Humility simply means showing respect to others and being open-minded.  Individuals who display humility are not afraid to ask questions, thus they are able to learn new things more easily.  They also tend to have more friends and a lot less stress.

In early recovery, some people get overly-confident, forgetting that recovery is a continual process of learning and accepting change in their lives.

To accept change and new standards of living means being open-minded and this requires humility.