The Importance Of Happiness In Life

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Register to read the introduction… Peter walked beside the woman into the wanders of heaven. They passed a magnificent door that peaked her interest. She asked St. Peter, “What is in that room over there?” “I do not think you it is a good idea to go there at this point,” St. Peter responded. The woman insisted. “No, I want to know everything there is to know, now that I'm here.” St. Peter opened the magnificent gold doors and inside was infinite golden shelves lined with luxurious packages. She asked, “St. Peter, who are all these gifts for, and what is inside them?” She asked. “Oh my dear child, inside all the packages is the gifts God have waiting for you. However, we need only to ask, and they are granted.”

This book is for the parents of addicts because I believe that happiness in life is a choice, just as addiction is a choice, and all self-inflicted. Nevertheless, we are all entitled too, deserving of, and destined to a life
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Internally, I am filled with unhappiness and insecurities and used anger and arrogant as my escape. I have had to face the greatest challenges of my life while struggling to find to inner peace and happiness.
My hopes of having a loving and happy family was blindsided by a series of crises that brought profound sadness. I became overwhelmed by many emotional challenges, and began to think I was to live life paralyzed by the pain. Unable to move past the pain of my daughter's drug addiction, I spent years buried in grief and guilt. Upon the advice of a friend, I agreed to join Co-dependents Anonymous (CODA) to help me Let Go and Let God and move on with my life. As I fight for the strength to restore my happiness that I have neglected, I finally decided to Letting Go and Let God and stop rescuing my daughter.
I packed-up the habits that hindered my ability to achieve a healthy mind, body, and soul and stepped out of the darkness into the

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