RESET{TIIET{TS

The moment you sbrt to resent a person, you become his slave.
He controls
your dreams, absorbs your digestion, robs you of your peace
of mind and
goodwill, and takes away the pleasure of your woit . He
ruins vori r"llgion and
nullifies your prayers. You cannot take a vacation witrro* rri* gdrg
ut'bng.

He destroys your freedom of mind and hounds you wherever you go.
There is no
way to escape the person you resent. He is with you when you
arJawake. He
invades your privary when you sleep. He is close besiae
voi;*
car and when yoY aF on the Job:'You can''nevef have efficienry
*;drive your
or'trappiness. He
influences even the tone of your voice. He requires you to take
medicine for
indigestion, head aches and loss of energy. ne steat's your last moments
of
consciousness before you go to sleep. So ir you want [o be a slave...harbor
your
resentments!!

The sol'tion is pag€ ss2 in the Big Book of Arcohorics Anonymou$,

'If you have a resentment you want to of, if you wiil pray for the person
EIo
or thing'that you resen! you will be ftee. If you wilf ask in praftrioi
you want for yourself everytning
be given to them, you will be free. Asi< ror tneir
!o health,
their prclsperlry' their happiness and you wiif oe free. when vo, oon,t really
want it for them, and your prayers arb ong words anolven yo, oon't m.an it, go
ahead and do it anyway. Do it for every day for two
weer<s and you will find you
have come to mean it and want it for *rem, anO
Vou will realize tt,at where you
used to feel bittemess and resentment and hatred, you
now feel compassionate
under$t€nding and love',

It worked for me tfien, and it willworkfor every time I am

willing to work it.
Sornetimes I have to ask first for tfie_willingnesi,
uuf$,rt too always comes. And
becauge it works for me, it will work ror all-oflus.
n, another great man says,,,
The only real freedom a human being can ever
know is doing what you ought to
do because you want to do it,'

This great:experience that released me ftom

the bondage of hatred and
replaced it with lou.* i:. replly
i
Just another amrrnation orlrt* truth Lno*, I get
eveffiing I need in Arcohoiics nnonymous-werything
get what I need I invariably find tnat I need I get-And when I
lust'iiit
it was t wanted a, the fime.