Sept 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “’The adult child is an identity crisis having an identity crisis.’ That means that we were born in crisis and cannot easily recognize another way to live other than crisis.” BRB p.70 “Many of us came to ACA broken, bruised, and torn. The crazy thing is, we…
Sept 26, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “With humility, we become more thoughtful in our decisions, and we are slower to anger. We begin to become actors rather reactors to life’s situations.” BRB p.224 “As children, we may have been humiliated and told we didn’t measure up. As we grew, we decided we needed…
Sept 25, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I had no modeling for having, stipulating, or enforcing boundaries. I would allow children, family members, and others to use me to their advantage. I would do many things for others and then receive nothing in return.” BRB p. 413 “When we’re new to recovery, boundaries can…
Sept 24, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We learn to be in the moment and to be present in our bodies. We learn that our thoughts can end.” BRB p. 266 “When we got to ACA, we may have never felt what it was like to be in our bodies and experience our feelings.…