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Old 01-05-2013, 09:30 PM
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Accepting Help

Saturday, January 5, 2013

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Accepting Help

Some of us have felt so alienated that we've forgotten we're not alone. We've come to believe that we have to do it ourselves. Some of us have been abandoned. Some have gone without love. Some of us have gotten used to people never being there for us. Some of us have struggled, had hard lessons to learn.

God's there, always ready to help. There is an ample supply of people to care about us too. We will, if we want it, receive love and support, comfort and nurturing. If we take the risk to ask for it, help is there. We can draw on the strength of our recovery group and allow ourselves to be helped and supported by our Higher Power. Friends will come, good friends.

We aren't alone. And we don't have to do it ourselves. We're not doing it ourselves. There is no shortage of love. Not anymore.

Today, God, help me let go of my need to do it alone and my belief that I am alone. Help me tap into Your Divine Power and Presence, and your resources for love, support, and friendship. Open my eyes and heart so I can see the love, help, and support that's there for me. Help me know I am loved.
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Old 01-06-2013, 09:04 AM
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I needed this I always try and do it alone and I know I need to work on that.
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Old 01-06-2013, 01:08 PM
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Love this message ! Thank you for sharing!
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Old 01-06-2013, 02:29 PM
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We can draw on the strength of our recovery group and allow ourselves to be helped and supported by our Higher Power. Friends will come, good friends.
It was exactly this that literally saved my life. Nobody else understood, nobody else had even one clue what it was like to be "me"....I felt like the loneliest person in the world, abandoned even by God.

It was my recovery friends who held their candles when I could not find mine. It was my recovery friends who made me laugh when I hadn't laughed in a very long time, it was my recovery friends who helped me find my way through the darkness and into the light...and I am forever grateful.

Thanks for the reminder today, LMN.

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Old 01-07-2013, 12:29 PM
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I am another that felt isolated, all alone, no one to help me. I was also ashamed of what was going on in my live and I kept the abuse to myself as much as I could. But, I did go to counseling.

Going down this path again, this time with my son, I am stronger. It still is a very painful trip, but I no longer shut myself away from people.

(((thanks LMN)))
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Old 01-07-2013, 05:56 PM
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[QUOTE=Ann;3756927It was my recovery friends who held their candles when I could not find mine. It was my recovery friends who made me laugh when I hadn't laughed in a very long time, it was my recovery friends who helped me find my way through the darkness and into the light...and I am forever grateful.

Thanks for the reminder today, LMN.

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This brings tears - not of sadness, but of hope and appreciation. Lovely post. Thanks, Miss Ann.
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