The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
"...Beth Anne DeCiantis had to complete a 26-mile marathon in less than two hours and 45 minutes to qualify for the Olympics.
She reached the final straight in 2hours43, with just two minutes left.
Two hundred yards from the finish she stumbled and fell. Dazed, she stayed down for 20 seconds. The crowd yelled, 'Get up!'
The clock was ticking - less than a minute to go. Beth Anne staggered to her feet and began walking.
Five yards short of the finish, with ten seconds to go, she fell again.
As the crowd cheered her on, she crossed the finish line on her hands and knees.
Her time? Two hours, 44 minutes, 57 seconds. "
So I urge you, if you're down, DON'T STAY DOWN and just LIE THERE. If you do you will NEVER finish your race.
Get up, "...dust yourself down and, (as the song says) start all over again". Or as is more appropriate here keep on keeping on, after all this journey you began in the search for recovery has not been worth the effort so far if you stay down.
STRIVE to the very end and then keep going....and I am practicing what I am preaching, every step of my recovery journey, ONE PAINFUL STEP AT A TIME and on my hands and knees at times too, just like Beth.
Suzannah
God Bless
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Out of the ruin of my past I have found the fortress of myself and I know how to defend it.
Strive for WISDOM; Seek SERENITY; NEVER compromise your INTEGRITY.
She reached the final straight in 2hours43, with just two minutes left. 
Two hundred yards from the finish she stumbled and fell. Dazed, she stayed down for 20 seconds. The crowd yelled, 'Get up!' 
