What’s the Difference?

Things to think about, share about, and explore.

What’s the difference between … ?

consideration courtesy compassion caring	codependence managing others’ feelings
acceptance	accepting unacceptable behavior
boundaries	controlling others
suggestion carrying the message	advice
confiding sharing news	gossiping
letting go	being a doormat
working the steps	step study thinking about the steps
accepting responsibility for my behavior	accepting responsibility for other people’s feelings
communicating clearly	making someone understand
taking responsibility	controlling outcomes
care giving	caretaking
open meeting	closed meeting
love empathy	pity
self care keeping the focus on myself	selfishness self-will
parenting helping being a good relative, friend, neighbor service	enabling doing for others what they can do for themselves control
surrender	submission resignation
want	need
loving interchange	crosstalk
amends	apologies
Al-Anon	therapy
a spiritual program	a religious program
HP’s will	my will
intuition	stinkin’ thinkin’
detachment	cutting off estrangement
privacy	dishonesty lying by omission evasion secrecy

Can you think of more differences to explore? Please feel free to share!

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