Choose freedom and become the best version of yourself
from The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose by Matthew Kelly
How to Apply This
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Identify any areas of addiction in your life.
Perform regular exercises in reflection and self-analysis to identify any potential areas of addiction in your life. -
If you think you are addicted to something, try to give something up for 28 days or adopt the 12-step program used by AA:
Step 1 - Admit you are powerless over the addiction, and life has become unmanageable.
Step 2 – Believe there is a power greater than yourself that can restore you.
Step 3 – Turn your will and life to the care of your God/religious figure.
Step 4 – Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself.
Step 5 – Admit to your God, yourself, and another human being the nature of your wrongs.
Step 6 – Be ready for these defects of character to be removed.
Step 7 – Humbly ask your God to remove your shortcomings.
Step 8 – Make a list of people you have harmed and be willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9 – Make direct amends to these people where possible, unless it will harm them or others.
Step 10 – Continue to take a personal inventory and admit when you are wrong.
Step 11 – Improve your consciousness via prayer and meditation.
Step 12 – Carry your message to others with addiction and practice these principles in all your affairs.
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