| You may not have thought of it this way, but the | | | | within your own hands that poses the greatest |
| fact is there is one direction in which your life will go, | | | | threat to your life being what you yourself want. |
| and that direction is mostly the result of the steps | | | | When you are assessing your priorities, it is a very |
| which you yourself are taking! While of course there | | | | good idea to think about that aspect-- not only is it |
| are many things beyond your control which can steer | | | | one of the strongest factors, it is one which is |
| your life off-course, the primary factor in your life's | | | | ultimately within your own control. |
| direction is you! | | | | It is a very important point to keep in mind-- you can |
| When you have that concept clearly in mind, the | | | | determine the direction in which you want your life to |
| question to ask yourself is which direction you want | | | | go, have the finest that life has to offer; and, after |
| your life to take. When you know where you want | | | | determining what true happiness means to you, |
| to go, you then have a number of options regarding | | | | focusing on the priority that avoiding the negatives |
| how to proceed. | | | | of drugs and alcohol is one of the greatest steps you |
| If you are like most people, you want the direction | | | | can take toward your personal destination. |
| of your life to include such things as good health, | | | | You may be unsure as to why using drugs and |
| plenty of opportunities, personal fulfillment, and being | | | | alcohol can cause your life to veer off-course. One |
| able to enjoy life. Even if you have not thought | | | | reason is that the effects substances would have on |
| about this very much, you will be glad to hear that all | | | | you would do precisely that. First, if you are |
| of these positives are within your reach-- but one of | | | | under-the-influence, you will not be in the best shape |
| the main keys in attaining all of these things is to | | | | to do what you want in life, nor to enjoy what you |
| avoid the negatives which will make attaining them | | | | have. Another reason is that you can get so hung-up |
| much more difficult, and even much less likely. | | | | on such a time-consuming lifestyle of "getting high" |
| Taking the direction that you really want in life in | | | | that you will begin to lose sight of everything that is |
| order to have everything good that life has to offer | | | | beyond it-- would you rather hang out in a bar or |
| means steering clear of drugs and alcohol. Of all of | | | | "party" with your friends, or would you prefer to |
| the life-altering factors that are within your range of | | | | spend your time doing things that are more |
| control, to use or to not use drugs and alcohol is one | | | | meaningful and pleasurable for you? |
| of the strongest influencing factors on the direction | | | | In the long-run, which direction do you believe will be |
| of your life and even its outcome. There is little | | | | the most beneficial to you? |