Acceptance

 

"All things are woven together and the common bond is sacred . . . for they have been arranged together in their places and together make the same Universe." -Marcus Aurelius I said I was a nonviolent drunk. Today I am able to see I was sarcastic and verbally violent, and this was no less painful or destructive to the victim. A target for my anger and venom was the faith and beliefs of others, especially when those differed radically from my own. My alcoholism made me a prejudiced and bigoted...