Healing Quote by David W Earle

““Before the magic of recovery, I thought a perfect weekend involved hiding from myself with all the distractions life provides.””

David W Earle

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“Rigid traditions capture souls prisons of spiritual thought man’s religion has captured a god grown too small and very weak.”

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“Only then can I fly. Only then can I be free - when I let go of me.”

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“Addiction is a “shitty” disease”

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“If there were two doors, one labeled, Door to Happiness, and the other labeled, Committee to Study How to be Happy, most of us…

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“By changing, I could forgive myself what a release … my burdens now lifted”

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“The more one moves toward change, the more desperate one becomes and despair increases. The natural reaction is to hide as far away from…

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“A spiritual hell I lived in … hating the God of love and knowing the god I served … hated me!”

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“In order for a person to be able to “turn our lives and our wills” over requires something very difficult for a spiritually wounded…

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“For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did…

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“When life beats us down, we often do not feel worthwhile to ourselves nor to anyone else. Often, we try to hide our feelings…

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“My prayer is an attitude of pure gratitude for having the opportunity to experience life on this earth with all its pain, heartache, worry,…

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