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Old 12-29-2011, 10:15 AM
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soberlicious
 
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Originally Posted by Dee74
I'm not sure it's necessary to you to determine whether you're an alcoholic or not in order for you to start to do something about it
Truth!
The Buddha's teaching of the poisoned arrow illustrates this point so well.
Suppose a man is struck by a poisoned arrow and the doctor wishes to take out the arrow immediately. Suppose the man does not want the arrow removed until he knows who shot it, his age, his parents, and why he shot it. What would happen? If he were to wait until all these questions have been answered, the man might die first." Life is so short. It must not be spent in endless metaphysical speculation that does not bring us any closer to the truth.
Dude...take the arrow out.
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