Follow as I walk through recovery.
August 6, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “A good therapist….Should ask you about trauma and abuse, including child sexual abuse, if there are clear indicators of family history, acting-out behavior, records, or other discernible factors.’” BRB p. 462 Some of us have been in therapy with people who mirrored our abusive parents. They told…
August 5, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “The level of pain that adult children can tolerate without admitting they have hit a bottom is astonishing.’” BRB p. 68 “We learned to live with pain as children and continued to do so as adults. When faced with the pain of toxic relationships. We slip into…
August 4, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “In ACA, we take a spiritual and not religious approach to healing the effects of being raised in a dysfunctional home.’” BRB p. 76 “The writers of the 12 Steps knew that, even though we claimed to be spiritual, the use of the word “GOD” could be…
August 3, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.’” BRB p. 227 Making an amends list is part of wiping the slate clean for ourselves and walking into a new way of life. Many of us had been…