Rebuilding Your Temple

Beautiful. Ignore the demands of others that you meet conditions--HaShem reached down and brought you to Him in your lowest and vilest moment. Let no one convince you that recovery depends upon your being perfect. It depends only on your relationship with the One, with constant support of your recovery community and daily contact, and doing whatever you must to not pick up the first drink, drug, activity--the first being only the doorway to the next. And the next. When you get an urge, don't freeze--think it through. In your mind take the first drink, drug, whatever, and ask yourself, "Then what?" Answer, do the next thing in your mind, and ask yourself, "Then what?" It doesn't take much of this to reach the point of deadly sorrow and self-hatred and retching stomach. That isn't so tempting, is it. This simple trick (and asking G-d for help every morning, thanking him in joy every night, staying in community, have seen me grow clean and sober. It's worked for 38 1/2 years now, and counting. Reply

awesome an incredible expression of what we do to our selves/created in the image of G-d, and redemption. i like it very much Reply

critique about the poem Quite well defined. The first 12 lines refer to I and your confessions.The last 8 lines do intermarry with G-d and self, but its you-you that must take charge & rebuild and redo ,then G-d will bless & uplift you.Initially , you disowned G-d ,therefore you must fix matters & reclaim & re-posess G-d with holiness .Only then will He show mercy for your fall ,resulting from sinful transgressions. Title , i would rather say :"Rebuilding self." Reply