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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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