There is another inner voice, the voice of the Spirit of God who can and will help you...in fact, IMHO, He has been helping you and you are tuning yourself more and more to Him now.
It is because of the desire of your heart, as you said, that you have been able to do this and I commend and congratulate you on making that decision and then having the integrity and honor to stick with it. It is at that point, when such decisions are made and committed to as a result of the sincere desire of our heart that God can help us. I believe He has helped you.
I will copy your story and spread it around if you do not mind. I know several friends and relatives who could benefit from your experience. Yopu really should consider making it into a book and publishing it.
Congrats bro. Got my 1 yr coin 11/17. Any fellow freepers alumni of Hazelden? Mail me!
SamAdams76
Congratulations to you. And you are right about addictions, it doesn't matter what a person is chained to because it always leads to the same thing, it steals away your life and often to those closest to you. God Bless you and continued success.
kanawa
I too used a Hazelden book for the first 5 years, they put out some wonderful stuff. The book I carried with me everywhere was, "24 Hours A Day", a.k.a The Little Black Book. Very Helpful.
Jeff Head
"There is another inner voice, the voice of the Spirit of God who can and will help you"
That bares repeating. When I finally became willing to open myself to God's voice my struggle ceased. And I have to thank AA for helping me find that path.
xcamel
Thanks for the FReepmail.
Good stuff all!