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TEMPTATION
"What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is that they don't want to discourage it completely."
--Franklin P. Jones
Usually I am tempted because I want to be. I allow myself to get too close to the object of my desire or I invite the problem into my life knowing that I will not resist it. Then I use my "imperfection" as an excuse! In this way I manipulate my spiritual program and become dishonest.
When I first got sober, I did not allow alcohol in my house; I did not go to bars; I did not spend time with heavy drinkers; I avoided airplanes or places that I would associate with alcohol. This disciplined approach to sobriety worked. If you don't invite the enemy in, you won't bet beaten up. I need to continue to remember these simple rules and not get complacent in my sobriety.
Let me keep temptation out of my life by avoiding it.
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