SADNESS:

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In the past, we told ourselves many things to deny the pain: It
doesn't hurt that much … Maybe if I just wait, things will change …
It's no big deal. I can get through this … Maybe if I try to change
the other person, I won't have to change myself.

We denied that it hurt because we didn't want to feel the pain.

Unfinished business doesn't go away. It keeps repeating itself, until
it gets our attention, until we feel it, deal with it, and heal. That's
one lesson we are learning in recovery from codependency and adult
children issues.

Many of us didn't have the tools, support, or safety we needed to
acknowledge and accept pain in our past. It's okay. We're safe now.
Slowly, carefully, we can begin to open ourselves up to our feelings.
We can begin the process of feeling what we have denied so long –
not to blame, not to shame, but to heal ourselves in preparation for
a better life.

It's okay to cry when we need to cry and feel the sadness many of
us have stored within for so long. We can feel and release these
feelings.

Grief is a cleansing process. It's an acceptance process. It moves us
from our past, into today, and into a better future – a future free of
sabotaging behaviors, a future that holds more options than our past.

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