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Post Info TOPIC: JFT May 14 Oops!


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JFT May 14 Oops!


 

 

"Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results."

Basic Text, p. 23

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Mistakes!  We all know how it feels to make them.  Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake.  We often regard our mistakes with shame or guilt--at the very least, with frustration and impatience.  We tend to see mistakes as evidence that we are still sick, crazy, stupid, or too damaged to recover.

In truth, mistakes are a very vital and important part of being human.  For particularly stubborn people (such as addicts), mistakes are often our best teachers.  There is no shame in making mistakes.  In fact, making new mistakes often shows our willingness to take risks and grow.

It's helpful, though, if we learn from our mistakes; repeating the same ones may be a sign that were stuck.  And expecting different results from the same old mistakes--well, that's what we call "insanity."  It just doesnt work.

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Just for today:  Mistakes aren't tragedies.  But please, Higher Power, help me learn from them!

 



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I hope not to go down the old path of old ways and make the stupid mistakes I used to . Higher Power help me now and always .

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