BALANCE:

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Strive for balanced expectations of others.

In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little.

We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to
refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect behaviors from people.
Although it's preferable not to remain in either extreme too long, that
is how people change – real people who struggle imperfectly toward
better lives, improved relationships, and more effective relationship
behaviors.

But if we are open to ourselves and to the recovery process, we will,
at some time, begin another transition: it becomes time to move away
from extremes, toward balance.

We can trust ourselves and the recovery process to bring us to a
balanced place of tolerance, giving, understanding and expectations – of
ourselves and others.

We can each find our own path to balance as we begin and continue
recovery.