V is for Vow. We can vow never to pick up again, we can cross our heart and hope and pray, but if we don't follow thought with action, I have found it doesn't work. I can make a vow to myself but it doesn't have much power. I have found that if I go to my Higher Power and ask for help, I can keep that vow. I can't expect Him/Her to do it for me, and yet my Higher Power will give me the good orderly direction I need each day to keep that vow.