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Old 04-14-2014, 11:05 AM
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casinva
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Originally Posted by EndGameNYC View Post
Living a better, sober life often means stepping out of our comfort zone, and true growth absolutely requires it.

Many of us drank because we imagined that there were plenty of things we simply could not do or could not be. Accompanied by our considerable fears, we often talked ourselves out of doing things that would bring us to a better place. The drinking, of course, only made things worse.

If you're interested in living a better life, then get used to doing things you don't like to do. At least not now. We only ever get the Golden Ticket when we work for it, and that's what makes it golden.
This could have been written for me. Thank you for posting this.

To Junk33, kudos for going to that meeting! As you know, that's the first step.
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