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Old 03-11-2009, 10:31 AM   #5 (permalink)
IO Storm
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"don't figure I know what's best, and just accept life on life's terms, as it is today--especially my own life, as it actually is."

Coupled with the passage on acceptance..pg. 449..

Practicing this principle has kept me sober, for two years nine months so far..

I never could do it before. There was always a but..

"But him, but they, but he, she, them".. "But it"....

And I would drink over it, or pop some pills over it, or run to a casino over it.

The external person, place, or thing seemingly causing my internal distress.

It wasn't until I accepted things ..people, places..to be the way are supposed to

be at that given moment that I could stay sober.

Now, in sobriety..I receive guidance as when to take action and when to

refrain from taking action. We don't grow into a sofa or allow ourselves

to be abused or otherwise live ourlives and take care of business..

But I..do not rail against God and others when things go wrong.

It helps me say.."Thy will be done."

This is what I get from the story.
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