There is an aspect of Scientology called "the Conditions" and it turns out we are all in one condition of operation or another at any given time. Furthermore, all of the different areas of your life are in a specific condition.

      Anyway, with regard to keeping myself in a condition that is conducive to being healthy, happy and wise, I was finding it impossible to get past one of the conditions, it, oddly enough, was called Liability and two of the steps for getting through this condition are: decide who are one's friends and support them and deal an effective blow to the enemy of this group

     . In life I had struggled with this unwittingly all along. Never quite getting the effective blow part achieved; I knew my own worst enemy was myself, but self discipline was a problem for me. But when I read there were actual steps one could go through to get on up the, I was quite delighted and I dealt the effective blow. I stopped drinking and screwing up. I exercise actually just a bit of self discipline. This was 6 years ago. I am now a general building contractor. I have a lovely wife and a 3 year old son and am doing quite well. I haven't been in Liability to myself or anyone else since, and have even started painting again.