LIFESTYLE AND VALUES

Giving up lifestyles or substances that we used for survival or what we perceived as profit may be frightening at first, especially if we don't know any other way to live. Even so, men and women who have spent lifetimes locked up or bound to destructive lifestyles have found the recovery and freedom necessary to live lives of value to themselves and others.

Lifestyle, simply put, is the way of life we have chosen for ourselves. Lifestyle is our manner of living. Values, on the other hand, are the guiding principals in living that we believe have worth; they are also the essential source of worth we possess as human beings.

1). Looking back over your life, what type of lifestyle have you chosen for yourself?
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2). What are the things that you value in your life?
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3). Did you use destructive lifestyles for survival?
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