If Aung San Suu Kyi can Feel Free, then Why Can’t We – Step 8

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6 responses to “If Aung San Suu Kyi can Feel Free, then Why Can’t We – Step 8”

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   November 21, 2012

   Jon G.

   Lately, I have been afraid that I may require additional surgery to my back. In the past 18 months I have had 5 back surgeries and I abused the opportunitiy to take pain medication each time I was hospitalized because I thought I had the green light to take as much pain medication as I wanted as opposed to what I needed. I have fear that if I have to have another operation then I will have to take pain medication, at least initially, and I fear that if I take any at all then I will release my addiction all over again.
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   November 19, 2012

   Adam

   Luckily I’ve faced my truths before I started AA and don’t really feel the need to dredge up anything that I’ve laid to rest.
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   November 14, 2011

   Anonymous

   re Walk on By – if one person is oppressed we are all oppressed. if one person is starving we are all starving. In this way I am part of a whole humanity and it dispels my sense of isolation caused by this disease. and I can see self-obessession is definitely errant.
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      November 14, 2011

      Brita

      above comment by Brita.
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   November 13, 2011

   Slim Jim

   Of course I have my own sibling issues, I but the one thing I haven’t been lately is an uncle involved in my nephew’s lives. Self-obsession is at the root there I guess.
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   November 13, 2011

   Margot E.

   Ah, the burden of self – of ego. It has taken me more than a year to forgive my sister; the hardest part of forgiving her was acknowledging my part in our separation. I cannot forgive her or myself unless I acknowledge my expectations of her – my arrogance in deciding who she must be. We are both ourselves. I forgive her even as I forgive myself. Maybe now we are free?