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In recovery, we're learning a new behavior.
For some of us, this can be frightening. What
would happen if we felt what we felt, said what
we wanted, became firm about our beliefs, and
valued what we needed?
Would people still like us? Would they go away?
Would they become angry?
It becomes time to stop allowing ourselves to be
so controlled by others and their expectations and
be true to ourselves – regardless of the reaction of
others.
Before long, we begin to understand. Some people may
go away, but the relationship would have ended anyway.
Some people stay and love and respect us more for
taking the risk of being who we are. We begin to
achieve intimacy, and relationships that work.
We discover that who we are has always been good
enough. It is who we were intended to be.
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