Nov 13, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Do I trust the person I am with?” BRB p. 42 “As children, most of us didn’t learn trust in our families of origin, so we approached adulthood not trusting anyone. Paradoxically, we were actually often drawn to people who could not be trusted. When we think…
Nov 12, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “If our parents have said we are bad, dumb, or inferior, they were actually projecting what they believed about themselves. As children we were defenseless to throw off these projections. This is loss of grief carried into our adult years.” BRB p. 200 “The messages received during…
Nov 10, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We are changing. We are beginning to see that we have choices.” BRB p. 578 Many of us used to think that making important choices was reserved for those who knew what they were doing, but that wasn’t us. We almost fainted at the prospect of trusting…
Nov 7, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “By now, we have stopped punishing ourselves. We are asking God, as we understand God, to help us become entirely ready to have these defects of character removed.” BRB p. 215 We used to beat ourselves up over things that we couldn’t control. To help cope, many…