# Recovery
“Brothers, do not be afraid of men’s sin, love man also in his sin, for this likeness of God’s love is the height of love on earth. Love all of God’s creatures, both the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love each leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love animals, love plants, love each thing. If you love each thing, you will perceive the mystery of... See more
Substack • 'I'm Too Lazy and Mediocre to Deserve the Life I Want!'
I think shame is completely and totally counterproductive when applied to alcoholics and addicts: It simply recreates one of the conditions that was a foundation for all of the drinking and using.
The Simple Question Posed by Step Three
We were placed in the middle of adult dysfunction at a very young age. We learned it was our job to focus on others and make things better. We also learned that our needs and wants were not important. It became a habit we carried into adulthood that also kept us from looking at ourselves.
The greatest gift of sobriety is recovering the person I was meant to be and getting to spend time with him.
I don’t how shame came to be part of the equation of who I am—but it ran pretty deep. I think that sense of inner shame is pretty common among us alcoholics and addicts; it’s true that drinking and using let us escape other people and external obligations—but it was mostly me that I was running from.
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Seeing self-criticism and self-doubt as things that play out naturally rather than fires to be immediately doused help me take them less seriously and less literally.
You don’t have to stop criticizing yourself to move forward.
“Don’t insist that what happens should happen as you wish, wish that things happen as they actually happen then your life will go well.” — Epictetus
Don'T Try This At Home, LLC • Years Go By Fast
How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a miracle
How deeply you’re connected to my Soul...
You were anything less than beautiful
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a miracle
How deeply you’re connected to my Soul...
Song Lyric Sunday: How Could Anyone Ever Tell You
the road to recovery is paved with self-acceptance.