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Old 08-03-2015, 11:59 AM
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Hey. You're NOT an idiot.

You're not stupid. You're not hopless. You're not a failure.

You aren't a moron. You aren't a low life. You're not scum.

You aren't "too far gone". You're not unlovable. It's not all over for you.

You aren't dumb. You're not worthless. You're not a piece of S***.

You're a human being. You have emotions and weaknesses and fears. We all do.

Your way of dealing with Being Human and responding to emotions and weaknesses and fears has been through numbing and bolstering and chasing them away with alcohol and / or drugs.

And you've been doing it so long you don't know what else to do. It's hard to get out of that rut. It's an awfully powerful cycle. But you're here, you're taking steps, there's a YOU inside that knows "this is not the life I want".

That's the YOU you really are.... YOU are not the drugs, YOU are not the alcohol. YOU are not the mistakes, the failures, the fears, the shame, the regret....

YOU ARE NOT AN IDIOT.

Stop beating yourself up.

Start living for that YOU inside.

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Old 08-03-2015, 12:01 PM
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Awesome post Freeowl
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:08 PM
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Awesome post! I was feeling all these things this week. Just for listening to AV saying "you can really just have one drinks with co-workers" WRONG. I can't because I'm an alcoholic. I was pretty down on myself. Thanks for the post!
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:18 PM
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Love this post Freeowl !
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:30 PM
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Really nice post FreeOwl, thank you for sharing
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:32 PM
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Thanks for this post. I needed it. I'm new here as of today.
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:33 PM
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Thank you for posting that right when I needed to read it. I'll definitely be rereading it many, many times.
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:36 PM
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Great post Free Owl
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:46 PM
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Powerful. Empowering. Thank you!
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:49 PM
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Great post free owl, encouraging
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Thanks FreeOwl. Great post. Hard to not be down on ourselves sometimes.
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Thanks for that! Needed to hear it today .
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Thanks, FreeOwl.
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Nice post FreeOwl!!
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Really nice and positive, thanks for sharing
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Perfect timing FreeOwl. I really needed to read that today. Thank you!
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Valuable and helpful, FreeOwl. Sometimes I still need convincing. Thank you so much.
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