Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought - October

[bluidkiti]

October 20

Distorted Judgment

How can we divest ourselves of resentment? If we think back on things we did during active addiction, we find regrets. We certainly did not intend injuries that occurred. Use of chemicals is not the only way judgment can be distorted. All kinds of ideas and emotions interact to bring about judgment. Many people who provoke us are acting under distortions of judgment. We feel sorry for them, as we do for someone behaving destructively under the influence of chemicals. But if we can't manage to feel sorry for people who suffer from distortion of judgment, at least we can refrain from hating them.