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sct · 07-02-2008, 04:22 AM

Hm. A very wise woman with 20 years clean posted a list of aphorisms on another forum I visit. My favorite is simply:

If you want to stop using... you're going to have to stop using.

It all starts with not picking up, no matter what. Steps don't work, if you're too f*cked up to take them. But do whatever it takes to not pick up. Period. Call people, cook, clean, stand on your head- really- whatever it takes.

I view the "Higher Power" as this. My will was only enough to get me addicted. I could not stay clean on my own. I had to have help. My Higher Power is what I look to for help- whatever benevolent and loving force out there which is stronger than I am, and keeps me clean. It can be a meditational exercise one minute- and a group of addicts sharing their experience the next.

07-02-2008, 04:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
sct a simple crazy thing Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 228	Hm. A very wise woman with 20 years clean posted a list of aphorisms on another forum I visit. My favorite is simply: If you want to stop using... you're going to have to stop using. It all starts with not picking up, no matter what. Steps don't work, if you're too f*cked up to take them. But do whatever it takes to not pick up. Period. Call people, cook, clean, stand on your head- really- whatever it takes. I view the "Higher Power" as this. My will was only enough to get me addicted. I could not stay clean on my own. I had to have help. My Higher Power is what I look to for help- whatever benevolent and loving force out there which is stronger than I am, and keeps me clean. It can be a meditational exercise one minute- and a group of addicts sharing their experience the next. __________________ Ask a simple crazy thing... singing in the snow... (EE Cummings)