blaming others

I can well remember that when I was a young girl, I wanted to blame others for how I was behaving.  "He made me do it," was my common refrain.  Pointing fingers at others is far easier than looking at ourselves and we aren't alone in opting for this excuse for our unseemly actions, even though the wise among us don't buy it.  Some of us aren't very eager to consider that there might be another way to interact, to interpret the experiences we are having.  It wasn't until I had been in recovery for a couple of years that I seriously tackled taking responsibility[...]