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bluidkiti · 11-04-2013, 08:49 AM

November 5

Get Sober: You Deserve It

Recovery must be for ourselves. Self-esteem is pivotal in recovery. Not only will people with self-confidence have no need to escape from reality, but they will also endure any discomforts of abstinence for their own sake -- just as many people are ready to do for the sake of others. One of the reasons sobriety for others' sake does not work is that others parents, children, friends -- are not always around. In absence of the stimulus for abstinence, relapse may occur. The self, however, is always there, and recovery for oneself can be permanent.

11-04-2013, 08:49 AM	#5
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	November 5 Get Sober: You Deserve It Recovery must be for ourselves. Self-esteem is pivotal in recovery. Not only will people with self-confidence have no need to escape from reality, but they will also endure any discomforts of abstinence for their own sake -- just as many people are ready to do for the sake of others. One of the reasons sobriety for others' sake does not work is that others parents, children, friends -- are not always around. In absence of the stimulus for abstinence, relapse may occur. The self, however, is always there, and recovery for oneself can be permanent. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.