Jan 13 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Talking about our feelings is a risk; however, this is a risk worth taking because the rewards are great. “BRB p.186 Where is it safe to talk about our secret fears, our perceived shortcomings, and our doubts about our own sanity? Our Higher Power gave us a…
Jan 12 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We became isolated and afraid of people and authority figures.” BRBp.10 So many of us shut down and hide because of our fear of people and authority figures. Most of this fear stems from the way we were treated when we were young. Understandably, what we learned…
Jan 11 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “The dysfunction is encoded into our souls as the false self.” BRBp.105 “Many of us couldn’t be ourselves as children. In order to survive, we bought our parent’s negative messages, and then as adults, we repeated their dishonest justifications for crazy behavior. We remember our destructive false…
Jan 10, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We may be speaking program lingo, but we are not talking about what truly bothers us.” BRB p. 432 In the beginning, many of us found great comfort in the new language of recovery. It shielded us against the old way of thinking. But some of us…