We affirm that we have the power to take charge of our own lives and to stop being dependent on substances or other people for our self-esteem or our security.

我们确有掌握自己生活的能力，不再依赖物质和他人来维护自己的自尊和安全。

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In the end, I must affirm my authentic self, and thereby see transparently what and who I am.

最终，我必须确认本真的自我，由此清楚地看到我是什么和我是谁。

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You are starting to experience a greater level of nurturing, of Self-Love, and of Self-appreciation as you now affirm.

你们开始体会到一种更高的滋养、自爱，以及自我珍重的状态。这时，你们跟自己确认到。

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Constrained as the chancellor is by his excellent self-imposed disciplines in fiscal and monetary policy, if he is to affirm the power of the state to do good in the land and he is a socialist, remember it must be by means of ingenious wheezes and stratagems.

ECONOMIST: Toil and muddle