Meditations on "Rationalizing"

All of us wrestle with our conscience in situations where we struggle.

Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Today we are continuing to look at the excuses and faulty reasons we give for making poor choices and our tendency to justify our actions.

Rationalizing endorses the internal belief that we are victims of circumstances beyond our control.

One reason for rationalizing poor behaviour is that we want the pleasure or the power it offers.

Addicts are experts at creating excuses to rationalize their behavior and to minimize the complexity of their problems.

Denial keeps us in slavery because we are lying to ourselves.

Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Once we’ve admitted to God what’s wrong, why must we share these details with someone else?

Audio for TWELVE STEPS OF A.A. - STEP FIVE - EXACT NATURE OF MY WRONGS(1) Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked.