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Carol

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01/15/2007 8:14 PM	Alert
Found this on another site, and thought it was worth sharing: Alcohol can and will kill me, because I know I can’t stop once I start. There's a higher power that wants me to live. (My loved ones want that, too.) Do I want to live or die? (If I want to die, start praying until that ceases.) Write about how I got to where I am now, but don’t bother if I am not going to be completely honest. Share with another person what I wrote about me, both my good and my bad, (and ask that God listens, too). Decide now that I want to change my harmful habits and to grow up, both emotionally and spiritually. (If not now, when?) Ask a power greater than me to help me change. (I must do the work, but He will guide me, when I ask.) Write down who I've hurt, who I have sinned against; whether physically and/or emotionally. (Be sure to put myself on that list.) Fix what I can without hurting anyone else. (Learn why I hurt each of them and how not to do it again.) Accept myself, that as a human being, I will sometimes screw up; so learn from and fix my mistakes immediately. Always ask my Higher Power to show me how to live right so I can be comfortable in my own skin. To become a spiritual being, keep repeating steps 1 through 11 throughout my life and pass it on about what I have learned.

Be the change you wish to see in the world ...Gandhi

carrie

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Posts: 519

07/28/2007 12:18 PM	Alert
Thank You Flutterfly, that has got to be the simplest version I have ever read....I appreciate the post, and YOU............

To a desolate person an act of kindness can be the difference between getting bitter and getting better..............

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