I think it is because the golden rule of doing unto others as you have them do unto you can be the hardest test when it comes to a relationship.

Pages 111-112 of Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (AA) goes right along with this verse for me.

Now comes the biggest questions yet. What about the practice of these principles in all our affairs? Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety? Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group?

I wanted to balk because I had friends in A.A. and we could communicate. I could be myself there because my sponsor told me that we should be friendly with our friends. I guess my problem was that I had no friends at home. I think it is good for a Christian person to have friends in their family. Because it sure would make communication easier. At least for me that is, One thing I like about Jesus is that he is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Oh my.

I know what doesn't suck and that's why I divorced her.