We are the reason for most of our issues. We drive ourselves to destruction because of fear and pain. We make our own problems when we don’t want to stop and listen.
Why? Because `you cant heal a sick mind with a sick mind`.
In order to change we must get rid of selfishness. We need to have a way to turn our own self and our problems over to a greater power.
I cannot stop drinking on my own. I know, I tried many times. It wasn’t until I admitted that I was helpless and the I needed the help of something greater that I got relief.
Notice the last paragraph is full of I’s. Because you cannot find relief until you make it personal.