Follow as I walk through recovery.
Sept 19, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “If you were touched, fondled, forced to perform sex acts, asked to perform sex acts, or watch sex acts as a child, it was not your fault no matter what the circumstance or no matter what was said by the adult or teen abusing you.” BRB p.…
Sept 18, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Being in an ACA Twelve Step meeting was being in a place where without speaking I sat with others who genuinely knew me.” BRB p. xviii “All we knew was that our lives weren’t working. In the midst of the dysfunction we found the strength to reach…
Sept 17, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Even though we were whipped emotionally, we held out hope that a new relationship, a new job, or a move would be the cure, but it never was.” BRB p. 334 “We gave our all to other people. We were trained to do that. Who we were…
Sept 16, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Through recovery, we realize our childhood experiences have great spiritual value. We recognize that we can help ourselves and others.” BRB p. 334 “In ACA, our journey back to the trauma of our childhoods does not come without pain. For some of us, the intensity of the…