I know Addiction free is ME

[findinganewme]

Authentic me



In the entire world, there is no one else like me

and no one adds up exactly like me.

Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically me,

because I alone choose it.

I own everything about me--

my body, including everything it does;

my mind, including all thoughts and ideas;

my eyes, including the images of all they behold;

my feelings, whatever they may be,

anger, joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement;

my mouth, and all the words that come out of it,

polite or rough, correct or incorrect;

my voice, loud or soft; and all of my actions,

whether they be to others or to myself.

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.

I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.

Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me.

By doing so, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts.

I can then make it possible for all of me to work in my best interest.

I know Addiction free is ME - I alone choose it

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,

and other aspects that I do not know.

But as long as I am friendly and loving to myself,

I can courageously and hopefully
look for the solutions to
the puzzle
and for ways to find out more about me.

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do,

and whatever I think and feel

at any given moment in time is ME.

This is authentic and represents where I am at the moment in time.

When I review later how I looked and sounded, what I said and did,

and how I thought and felt,

some parts may turn out to be unfitting.

I can discard that which is unfitting,

and keep that which proved fitting,

and invent something new for that which I discard.

I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do.

I have the tools to survive, to be close to others,

and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things

outside of me.

I know Addiction free is ME - I alone choose it

I own me and therefore, I can engineer me.

I AM ME

-- JJhare 2003 (c)