Oct 29, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “It is not the purpose of the Twelve Steps of ACA to place blame on the parent or caregivers; however, the adult child also must not shield the parents during the inventory process.” BRB p. 109 Condemning or raging at ourselves for not doing something “right” is…
Oct 28, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “By addressing our fear, we release some of our glaring behaviors of manipulation, passive-aggressiveness, and false kindness.” BRBp.40 “We grew up in homes where love was conditional. How we were treated depended on how we acted. Many of us were so fearful of being punished or ostracized…
Oct 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We are dependent personalities who are terrified of abandonment and will do anything to hold on to a relationship in order not to experience painful abandonment feelings, which we received from living with sick people who were never there emotionally for us.” BRB p. 17 “We held…
Oct 26, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Many adult children struggle with self-forgiveness because we are oriented to doubt ourselves or to be hypercritical of ourselves as children.” BRB p. 234 “We carry messages in our heads that if we do something and anyone has a negative reaction, we must have made a mistake.…