Dec 9, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We were not taught how to have fun.” BRB p. 39 Someone in a meeting once asked what adult children do for fun. In our families of origin, many ofus were too hypervigilant to have fun or experience joy. When we look back, we often struggle to…
Dec 8, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Self-Love enables the adult child to back-fill the love or nurturing we did not get as children.” BRB p. 436 “Long ago we were yelled at, pushed aside, and neglected. In our quiet times, we wondered in our little child minds, “Why? What did I do wrong?” We…
Dec 7, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “In ACA, we believe we were born whole and became fragmented in body, mind, and spirit through abandonment and shame. We need help finding a way to return to our miracle state.” BRB p. 173 When we find our way to ACA, we may feel like our…
Dec 6, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Abandonment means more than being left alone or left at a doorstep.” BRB p. 10 “We felt abandoned emotionally as children when we were criticized and felt we didn’t measure up to expectations. These abandonment feelings were made worse when we felt compelled to keep family secrets,…