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Old 09-09-2011, 05:21 PM
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onlythetruth
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Originally Posted by Programmatic View Post
That motivation is actually about self. One can stop for someone else but they won't stay stopped. The motivation through fear of loss is about fear of losing something YOU have not fear of the other person losing something they have.

To stay stopped requires you to be doing it for you. Doing it for someone else can work for a starting point.
One thing my sponsor always used to tell me is that you never know who's going to stop for good and who isn't.
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