"PRISONERS OF OUR OWN MIND" -
"Our addiction en-
slaved us. We were pri-
soners of our own mind
and were condemned by our
own guilt. We gave up the hope
that we would ever stop using
drugs. Our attempts to stay
clean always failed, caus-
ing us pain and mis-
ery." (Life with
Hope, p. 162)
THE THIRD STEP PRAYER - PART I (EGO-FREE)
"God, I offer my-
self to Thee - to build
with me and to do with
me as Thou wilt. Relieve
me of the bondage of
self, that I may bet-
ter do Thy will."
(The Big Book,
p. 63)
"Be not the
slave of your own
past. Plunge into the
sublime seas, dive deep
and swim far, so you shall
come back with self-respect,
with new power, with an
advanced experience that
shall explain and over-
look the old."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) U.S. author / poet
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
