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Recovery: Letting Go




To "let go" does not meant to stop caring, it meansi can't do it for someone else.


To "let go" is not to cut myself off, its therealization that i can not control another.


To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.


To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.


To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.


To "let go" is not to care for but to care about.


To "let go" is not to fix, but be supportive.


To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.


To "let go" is not to be in the middle arrainging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect thier own destinies.


To "let go" is not to be protective, its to permit another to face reality.


To "let go" is not todeny, but to accept.


To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search  out my own shortcomings and correct them.


To "let go" is not to adust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.


To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.


To "let go" is to fear less and love more.



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Thank you for this post. It was this message along with a couple of others that convinced me to join a couple minutes ago. There seems to be some quality sobriety in here.

I'm three years, three months sober, but still struggle with Step 3, the letting go step. One of my friends in the Program, knowing I sometimes do battle with this step, gave me a "Let it Go" bracelet a couple of years ago. I haven't taken it off since, but could stand to look at it more often -- particularly at work. Thanks again.

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