April 28, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We must shatter the illusion that we can reason out a painless solution.” BRB p. 123 “Adult children do not lack willpower. We have relied on our iron willpower to carry us through the most difficult of times. Sometimes, we may convince ourselves that in order to…
April 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Many of us peep ahead to Steps Eight and Nine and sense that we have amends to make to various people, including our parents, who have harmed us as children. Oftentimes this harm is the vulgar act of incest, physical abuse, or mental and emotional abuse by…
April 26, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We live life from the viewpoint of victims, and we are attracted by that weakness in our love and friendship relationships.” BRB p.14 “This Trait was hard for some of us to relate to. “Don’t call us victims,” we thought. “We made it through hell and back.…
April 25, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I became stronger as a result of the efforts I made to protect my Inner Child and because of the strength he gives to me when we now work together. We are both flourishing.” BRB p.399 “When we were honest, we realized that we had never taken…