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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
--Hannah Arendt

When we refuse to forgive ourselves, we think we are being very noble for not letting ourselves off the hook. What we're really doing, however, is setting ourselves up to use again.

We're not accepting the fact that we are powerless over our addiction. It changed us into people who did not act according to our values. We did things that hurt others. If we accept our powerlessness, we are saying that addiction controlled us, and not the other way around. We did not choose this disease and, therefore, must forgive ourselves for getting a human disease called addiction. It doesn't mean our behavior was okay, it means we no longer hold a grudge against ourselves.

Today let me forgive myself.

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Our Best Days by Nancy Hull-Mast

Our Best Days by Nancy Hull-Mast. © 1990 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the permission of Hazelden.

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WO - I need to meditate on this and think about ALL of this as I admit every day that I am powerless in step one. This helps me understand it in a new way and deeper way!!! Thanks for posting Roger!

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justadrunk wrote:

WO - I need to meditate on this and think about ALL of this as I admit every day that I am powerless in step one. This helps me understand it in a new way and deeper way!!! Thanks for posting Roger!

 X2 Tasha!  Love it.  I was recently trying to wrap my arms around forgiveness of self like we foregive others.  This helps in putting that into perspective.  Thanks Roger!



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Right on Mike : )

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