The sponsee from New York was complaining to his sponsor about his relationship with his girlfriend. His sponsor reminded him that “selfishness and self-centeredness is the root of all our troubles.” The sponsee saw his part, and said he would promptly make amends for his behavior.
Resentments are much like dandelions. They both are deeply rooted weeds that can live for years. “If you do nothing, you’ll definitely have more dandelions (resentments) next year.
To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got. […} Sometimes it was remorse and then we were sore at ourselves
— Page 62 Alcoholics Anonymous
