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Old 09-22-2005, 02:17 PM
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I like what p. 449 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous says on the subject of acceptance:

"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."


In a thousand years, I could never express it as eloquently as this man did... Thank you, Dr. Paul Ohliger, for putting your idea of acceptance into words and sharing it with the world!
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