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And living and letting live contributes a great deal to sanity. ~Father John Doe

In order to live and let live, we have to get past surviving. “Surviving” is a desperate place where no energy is left for enrichment and self-nourishment. “Living” is when we finally learn to be good to ourselves, and truly enjoy what life on planet Earth has to offer. “Letting live” is the ability to allow others to nourish themselves without our direction. What a concept! Letting others make their own decisions without our direction. This is a form of true love; the unconditional type that so many of us strive to obtain. Until recovery, most of us never learned to really live life; we were only interested in surviving. Learning to live was the beginning stages of recovery. When we finally learn to let live, we truly begin to incorporate what our spiritual path is all about—love and service to others.

When I live and let live,

I teach myself to love.

Now, in recovery, we must begin to take care of ourselves if we are to survive, sober, and to grow. The program provides us with the tools and the support necessary to enable us to become ‘real people.’

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 92