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DrWatson · 70-79, M
Many will not.
But I have seen incredible changes people make in themselves once they are forced to confront their own behavior.
Any 12-step meeting is full of people who have turned their lives around. And that is not just a matter of abstaining from an addictive substance or behavior. The 12 steps include making a searching moral inventory of oneself, making amends to others, and finding a new way of living.
Likewise, I have known people who have experienced a religious conversion that brings out a much more generous person than the one I knew previously.
But what will not work is someone saying, "I can change that person." Or, "I am sure they will change for me."
But I have seen incredible changes people make in themselves once they are forced to confront their own behavior.
Any 12-step meeting is full of people who have turned their lives around. And that is not just a matter of abstaining from an addictive substance or behavior. The 12 steps include making a searching moral inventory of oneself, making amends to others, and finding a new way of living.
Likewise, I have known people who have experienced a religious conversion that brings out a much more generous person than the one I knew previously.
But what will not work is someone saying, "I can change that person." Or, "I am sure they will change for me."