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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 585646" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>It helped me to say the Serenity Prayer, over and over and over again, until I got it. This was an especially helpful technique when I would awaken at night, and would not be able to stop picturing all the horrible things that might be happening. One of our moderators here, Suz, suggested this to me years ago and I still use it. At the time, I thought: "Well, of COURSE I know the Serenity Prayer." </p><p></p><p>But the trick, as Suz taught me, is to REPEAT IT UNTIL YOU GET IT.</p><p></p><p>You will feel it, when it begins to work. </p><p></p><p>Sending you strength.</p><p></p><p>GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE</p><p>THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN</p><p>AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p><p></p><p>This is something that always helped me too, now that I think about it. I was telling someone about the horror I was living through because of where my child was. This person said: If (child's name) was not happy doing what he is doing, he would change it.</p><p></p><p>This was so simple, but so obviously true. I found comfort, there.</p><p></p><p>And do you know what? It turned out to be absolutely true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 585646, member: 1721"] It helped me to say the Serenity Prayer, over and over and over again, until I got it. This was an especially helpful technique when I would awaken at night, and would not be able to stop picturing all the horrible things that might be happening. One of our moderators here, Suz, suggested this to me years ago and I still use it. At the time, I thought: "Well, of COURSE I know the Serenity Prayer." But the trick, as Suz taught me, is to REPEAT IT UNTIL YOU GET IT. You will feel it, when it begins to work. Sending you strength. GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE Barbara This is something that always helped me too, now that I think about it. I was telling someone about the horror I was living through because of where my child was. This person said: If (child's name) was not happy doing what he is doing, he would change it. This was so simple, but so obviously true. I found comfort, there. And do you know what? It turned out to be absolutely true. [/QUOTE]
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