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bluidkiti · 11-26-2013, 07:45 AM

November 27

Only We Can Develop Will Power

A bright medical resident said, I knew drugs could ruin my career and destroy me and my family's future. When I got the urge to use I would take out the picture of my wife and baby and say, 'You won't do this to them.' Sometimes I would cry over the picture for fifteen minutes, then shoot up. If that is not a disease of the will, what is? It is wise to take the will of a Higher Power, whether it be a deity or a group of recovering people whose collective will is functional. Accepting a kidney transplant is not ego deflating; neither should be a will transplant.

11-26-2013, 07:45 AM	#27
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,570	November 27 Only We Can Develop Will Power A bright medical resident said, I knew drugs could ruin my career and destroy me and my family's future. When I got the urge to use I would take out the picture of my wife and baby and say, 'You won't do this to them.' Sometimes I would cry over the picture for fifteen minutes, then shoot up. If that is not a disease of the will, what is? It is wise to take the will of a Higher Power, whether it be a deity or a group of recovering people whose collective will is functional. Accepting a kidney transplant is not ego deflating; neither should be a will transplant. __________________ "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.