5 Ways to Let Go of Past Hurts

1. Make the decision to let it go. Things don't disappear on their own. ...
2. Express your pain — and your responsibility. ...
3. Stop being the victim and blaming others. ...
4. Focus on the present — the here and now — and joy. ...
5. Forgive them — and yourself.

ACTIVE, NOT PASSIVE

Man is supposed to think, and act. He wasn’t made in God’s image to be an automaton.

— AS BILL SEES IT, p. 55

Letting go of the past

Page 86
 

"It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going."
 

Basic Text, p. 23
 

God's gifts

Page 85
 

"We do the footwork and accept what's being given to us freely on a daily basis."
 

Basic Text, p. 47
 

Page 84
 

"In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves."
 

Basic Text, pp. 70-71