April 12, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader Such survival roles tend to have a hardy life and remain fixed in our personalities long after we have left our unhealthy homes…. There is the 40-year-old sister, living out the lost child role by avoiding holiday meals and rarely calling home.” BRB p. 98 “Roles adopted…
April 11, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Body shame is not reserved for our weight or shape.” BRB p. 441 As children, many of us were cruelly mocked by our families for how we looked. Fodder for jokes were our facial features, body parts, voice, hair, nails, ears, teeth, ethnicity and more. In order…
April 10, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Our experience reveals that there is value in emotional pain. With support, and with gentleness, we can find our healthy pain and its healing release, just as we reclaimed our tears.” BRB p.212 “Recovery brought us many new realizations. We came to understand that to protect ourselves…
April 9, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader ”Most ACA members have some form of PTSD, which is often expressed in our hypervigilance of our surroundings or our acute monitoring of comments or actions of others. This behavior is a carry-over from growing up on guard much of the time.” BRB p.160 “In recovery, many…