30 Days of Gratitude: A Daily Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics

“I am worthy. I am loved. I am me. There is no one else on the entire planet who is like me. I am unique, with all my flaws and quirks. I know from the deepest part of my inner self that I am grateful for this moment.”

The truth is that each of us is whole and complete. We are worthy of love, unadulterated joy, and fulfillment.

I forgive myself. I release the guilt, the shame, and the incessant fretting and worry that I spent in the past, trying so desperately to fill the sick abandonment needs that felt like a hole in my heart.

we need to do the work to get us to a better place.

We will all fall and make mistakes, but it’s embracing our imperfections and truly loving who we are (past and all) that sets us on a path of living a fulfilling and happy life.

We are responsible for our own healing. We have to choose to take care of ourselves.

Part of what’s necessary to overcome our past is a belief that we can be happy and that we are worthy of happiness.

We can choose to stay on the path we are on and feel superior because we have a slight bit of self-knowledge, but if we don’t admit that we’re ready to grow beyond our defects of character then we’ll be doomed to repeat them time after time.

Because we become what we know—unless we choose to break the cycle.

The moment we stop looking for a parent or a proxy relationship to fulfill us, the sooner we realize that being comfortable with ourselves is the way forward.