Reconciliation

The process of making one view compatible with another

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I arrived into 12-step with full willingness to concede the first step. My life was unmanageable. Those next two steps stomped the brakes. To come to terms with God of My Understanding, I had to reconcile the God of My Upbringing. That meant recognizing the latter was a convenient representation crafted by my mother. Growing up, God was an…