When I first went into recovery, I thought AA was a Christian organization and therefore, not for me, a Jew. I now know better, and if there’s anything that demonstrates it, it’s this meme. Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.* The day we ask for forgiveness for all of our trespasses and shit. Essentially, it’s the day we make amends. I now believe that the forefathers of AA were, in fact, Jews. They were anxious, they over-analyzed everything, and then figured out that in order to heal, they needed to alleviate their guilt-ridden souls by making amends. And somewhere come to terms that they can’t control everything. If that’s not Jewish, I don’t know what is.
So Happy Yom Kippur. To all I have harmed or even offended, or even remotely wronged in some way, I ask for your forgiveness.
*Remember? The day I’m supposed to be fasting? The day having an eating disorder is celebrated with a “break the fast” at the end of the day? Starve all day, binge all night. I spent so many years of my life doing this on a daily basis, I really feel like I’m exempt at this point. http://writerecover.com/2022/09/26/lshana-tova/
That is so funny about being exempt! Me too. Not a great idea.