Author: brian coates

TRUE SELF

TRUE SELF

August 11, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “While the Inner Child or True Self can be the spark of our creativity, we must also remember the child is a deeply hurt part of ourselves.” BRB p. 303 “Many of us have pursued an understanding of our True Self, awakening our Inner Child and expressing…

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OUR PAST IS AN ASSET

OUR PAST IS AN ASSET

August 10, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Our experience tells us that our past can be our greatest asset if we are willing to ask for help and do the work to find out what happened.” BRB p. 153 “We sometimes wonder how differently we could have turned out had we been raised without…

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SHAME AND BLAME

SHAME AND BLAME

August 9, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “As ACA becomes a safe place for you, you will find freedom to express all the hurts and fears you have kept inside and to free yourself from the shame and blame that are carryovers from the past.” BRB p. 590 “The cycle of shame and blame…

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TRAIT NINE

TRAIT NINE

August 8, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We confuse love and pity and tend to ‘love’ people we can ‘pity’ and ‘rescue.’” BRB p. 12 “In many aspects of our lives we are drawn to the familiar, not because it is good for us, but because it is more comfortable than change.  The fact…

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