May 25, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Pushing down and holding back the history of a lifetime of injury and hurt from consciousness is painful, not metaphorically or psychically painful, but physically agonizing. It’s a matter of blood, tissue, nerves and bone.” BRB p. 623 “Our bodies ached. We woke in the night. We…
May 24, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, and it is easier for us to be concerned with others rather than ourselves; this enables us not to look too closely at our own faults.” BRB p.14 “The tendency of most of us is to own every problem around…
May 23, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “This sharing of our story with our sponsor or informed counselor reveals destructive patterns in our adult lives while illuminating abuses from our childhood. We also begin to see our grief or stored loss lying beneath our decisions to wrong ourselves and others.” BRB p.1 10 Some…
May 22, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We learned to keep our thoughts and desires close to our hearts.” BRB p.431 As we grew up, it was not safe to share any part of us. When we risked being vulnerable and letting people know what we wanted, we were shamed and ridiculed, made to…