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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
7. We perform our addictions for many reasons or any reasons..
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 10:43 AM
Apr 2021

..."..if for no other reason that I deep down don't believe I deserve good day....?

Sure that is as good a reason as any...Often, I think deep inside....this thought..."I don't deserve to be
happy."


....Now that thought is very close to your thought..I know where it came from, and I know why I still have it,
but the key to dealing with it is this, "What would my higher power say to do?"...That is why having some
kind of higher power is so important for us..

....Deep down, My higher power says, "Leave that thought alone, try not to pay attention to that thought,
and think about something that can take you away from that thought"
...

Now of course, I don't have to listen to that HP...but that does make a lot of sense to me, so I try to move
on away from that thought and think about something else..Sure, it ain't easy, but for me that is the
solution. Now my HP ain't the same as yours, and that is OK..And, I don't always listen to the HP, but
that is also OK. But we know the show, and we have seen it before. If we don't listen to the HP, then
we hurt ourselves...Does the HP want us to hurt ourselves?...My HP does not want me to hurt myself.
Do I have to listen to it?...No, I don't have to listen to anyone. But, is it in my interest to listen to this
idea of...not hurting myself?

.........Maybe...just for today...I will listen to the idea of..not hurting myself...Tomorrow is another
day..I can do something different, but just for this time, I can listen to the HP. You say...it can't be that
simple...Maybe it isn't that simple, but this works for me...and they say that what works for you
is what you got to do...(Oh, it took me a long time to realize that one..& it does work for me........

............One Day At A Time, & One Moment At A Time

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