PERFECTION:

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“If I was really recovering, I wouldn’t be doing that again…” “I should
be further along than I am.” These are statements that we indulge in
when we’re feeling shame.

Remember, shame blocks us. But self-love and acceptance enable us
to grow and change. If we have truly done something we feel guilty
about, we can correct it with an amend and an attitude of
self-acceptance and love.

Even if we slip back to our old ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving,
we do not need to be ashamed. We all regress from time to time.
That’s how we learn and grow. Relapse, or recycling, is and important
and necessary part of recovery.

Much pain comes from trying to be perfect. Perfection is impossible
unless we think of it in a new way: Perfection is being who and where
we are today; it’s accepting and loving ourselves just as we are.

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