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From: MSN NicknameAnnie-LL  (Original Message)Sent: 5/15/2008 7:26 PM
A-ho. Respectful greetings to all my relatives.
  I post here today, to serve as a witness, to the Greater power of the One Source. I tell you friends, there is One...above all conflict, and evils, who can deliver from all things. But the one you have to deal with is yourself. It is always given to us to CHOOSE. Will we let the One work through us, or will we not?
   See, addictions......when we hear the word.....we automatically think of booze and dope. Winos....burned out crack heads. But read the message Annie posted above. The REAL addictions......they are from inside us. And the booze, the drugs....they are symptoms only. And most times I think, not even what destroys us. It is the addiction to our own misery that is the real killer.
   We all face failures. There are challenges in our life.....which we simply cannot measure up to. I have seen families, well off.....and lately, the economy is such.....that one small change can mean disaster. The whole family homeless and on the streets. We can embrace our pain at these failures. Take a moment to weep over them and move on. Or we can take them to ourselves, and eventually die.
   Or maybe we seek escape from the pain of what someone has done to us. No matter where we turn, that memory is here facing us. And only in poisons, drugs booze and evil relationships, do we THINK to escape.
   But I tell you now with a certainty......the self destructive road only leads one way. And at the end of that black road, there is one final guard shack. A checkpoint. When you reach it, you may choose. Continue on, and slip into that final night. OR....have the courage to deny your own weakness, the pain, the horror that life seems to be. Let the One take over. Drive you back off the black road and set you on a new Path.
   And I think it is why we have to go all the way down the road. See....the whole time we are on it....we cannot believe...we are bl;inded, trapped by our own pain, misery, the wal we build within. Even when we tell ourselves others are to blame......the walls that hold us in and on the road , are of our own making. It is only when we reach that last point of no return, that we are truly free to see, because the choice is the last one.
  My prayer is that each one may carry these words hidden in their heart, until the moment comes. And then recall them, and make the choice for life. Because, it is there. It is always there. And even more...if these words can somehow open your eyes to the One and his Path before the end of that road....!!! How great could that be. But I doubt it. Most of are stubborn enough to have to see it to the end.
   But in any case, Walk Well, all my relations.....there is Love, there is Life, there is the Dance, and the Sacred Ways. May you find them in yourself. I finally have.
 
HOKA HEY!!!!!!                from Immortal Darkshine


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From: MSN NicknameAnnie-LLSent: 5/15/2008 7:30 PM
(((   My Message Darkshine spoke of)))
 
 
Our Creator is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet work like strong feet and will make me to walk and make progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]


Do you have any addictions?

An addiction is anything that controls a person anything he feels he cannot do without to relieve pain. The pain may be physical, mental, or emotional. Often addictive behavior is an attempt to hide from reality to put off dealing with issues that hurt.

Addictions are not limited to substance abuse. Except for cigarettes, most of my addictions did not fall under the heading of substance abuse. I was addicted to reasoning, worry, judgment, compliments, self-pity, pouting, control, and work.

When I realized I was addicted to these things and determined I was going to break my addictions and discipline myself, everything was great until the pain started. If I had not had the inner strength of our Creator to withstand the pain, I would have once again given in to the addictions which would have relieved the pain but would have started the cycle all over again. 

He does not just want to give you strength He wants to be your strength. Let Him help you break your addictions.

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From: MSN NicknameJustJacquie2Sent: 5/15/2008 7:55 PM
Annie how true that is about addictions.  Thankfully 3 years ago I learned how to deal with life and the pebbles that I seem to trip on in the road. Alcohol, drugs, worry, and fear all make me go to a place  I no longer wish to go, for me I find that prayer works the best for me until all the other things are just what they are, an addiction I do not need. But also having family and friends such as the people on this site make me feel that even when I don't have an answer for what ever it is troubling me that you are all here to help me, and for that I am thankful to you all.
         Hugs  Jacquie

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From: MSN NicknamePaula_Jane_Sent: 7/13/2008 1:31 PM
This is a good thread.  I saw enough of the pain drugs and alcohol can cause a person that they never tempted me but I was addicted to running away all my life.  Like Scarlette O'Hara in Gone With the Wind I always said "I'll think about it tomorrow" only tomorrow never seemed to come.  I mistakenly thought it was a stregnth only to see later that it weakened me.  It is not good to live stuck in one's fears and problems but neither can one find a solution if one runs from them and refuses to look them in the eye.
 
PJ

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