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i heard this and did my take on it...........not taken from alanon........
it's easier to accept ourselves as sick people than as bad people. And the easier it is to accept ourselves, the easier it becomes to accept responsibility for ourselves.We achieve self-acceptance through the process of ongoing recovery. Working the Twelve Steps teaches us to accept ourselves and our lives. Spiritual principles like surrender, honesty, faith, and humility help relieve us of the burden of our past mistakes. Our attitude changes with the application of these principles in our daily lives. Self-acceptance grows as we grow in recovery
ME______________ yes, the STEPS, and inner child work, original pain work, along with step 4, to accept me, this is what happened to me..and i am a miracle to have survived it.....i survived...so i can accept me......i did so many self fabotaging thngs, it was hard to love me.....i took over where the perp left off
ME__________sadly, i hated me, wanted to destroy me.....i mean if i messed up something, i had the awful urge to hurt me......i used to beat my head with my fists...pull my hair...pinch my skin.......curse me.....the anger/ rage, i was taking out on me......now when that anger comes up and i know it is "old stuff" i curse the abuser's sorry soul...beat the chair as i curse him....i REdirect the anger WHERE it belongs....NOT on me, but to the source of the evil......that wasn't my inventory it was HIS, and now i put that responsibility SQUARELY on his shoulders......yes, i did things to hurt me over the self loathing i felt.....and i am making amends to me by getting help--working the program---REparenting me/ REprogramming me/ treating me like a human being/ taking care of me.....yes, i am making amends, becuz deep within either i had some love for me, or it was my higher self kicking in and saying "hey u may not love u, but i do, and we are getting into recovery and STAYING in it"......this is the ONLY thing i have EVER stuck with......most stuff i would try, get tired of no results, and abandone it......not this......
ME_________i had gr8 difficulty accepting my past, myself, my self worth, self acceptance.......now i can do it better cuz i am just "one of many" injured souls who is in recovery DOING something about her injuries........i am sick, not bad.....funny this post says exactly what i was saying to my sister over last weekend.....i am sick, thats all
ME_____________yes, working on me, my symptoms, original pain and BIG focus on managing me NOW, NEW coping skills, NEW ways to think/ act......new perception of me, my karma......i am comming to making my peace with my life, i just want to go on and do what i can do for the rest of my life.........i wold rather say "detaching" than surrender, total honesty, total openess, total willingness, faith is going to take more time and "seeing is believing" for me.....humility, realizing that i need help...i cannot do this w/out a power higher than me to help.....i accept me better......i really do....i mean i was below zero, now u can actually see me on the richter scale......i just show up and trust in the program....it is a decision.....work the steps.......work on me.......
Hey Rosie...thank you for that timely share...please check out my response to Abbyal's 12 steps to spirtual awakening...I think we were thinking the same thing.
Yes we were made in HIS image and that is good...if we can just love ourselves as we love others, then we can spend our time and efforts where it will help us most.
