TO BE MADE IN "A SPIRIT OF SELF-LOVE & HEALING" -
"Usually there is one person whom we have inflicted the greatest damage - ourselves." "So before any other names are added to our Eighth Step list, most of us need to write our own name." "... [U]ntil we can take this Step in a spirit of self-love and healing, we may not be ready for it." (How Al Anon Works, pp. 58- 59)
THE HARM WE HOLD INSIDE -
"Many of us had trouble seeing how we had harmed ourselves ... ." "Some of us have had a tendency to deny any responsibility, while others have taken on total blame for every disagreement. As we talk with our sponsor and other addicts, our flawed perceptions begin to fall away and we find the clarity we need ... ." (It Works, How & Why, pp. 56 - 57)
“You have to look deeper, way below the anger, the hurt, the hate, the jealousy, the self-pity, way down deeper where the dreams lie, son. Find your dream. It’s the pursuit of the dream that heals you.”
-Billy Mills (Makata Taka Hela) (1938 – ) Oglala-Lakota
(first and only American athlete to win Olympic gold for the 10,000 meters footrace)
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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