SHAME:

Many of us were victimized, sometimes more than once.
We may have been physically abused, sexually abused, or
exploited by the addictions of another.

Understand that if another person has abused us, it is not
cause for us to feel shame. The guilt for the act of abuse
belongs to the perpetrator, not the victim.

One of the goals of recovery is learning self-care, learning
to free ourselves from victimization, and not to blame
ourselves for past experiences.

We each have our own work, our issues, our recovery
tasks. One of those tasks is to stop pointing our finger at
the perpetrator, because it distracts us. Although we hold
each person responsible and accountable for his or her
behavior, we learn compassion for the perpetrator. We
understand that many forces have come into play in that
person's life.

We learn to understand the role we played in our
victimization, how we fell into that role and did not rescue
ourselves. But that is information to arm us so that it need
not happen again.

Let go of victim shame. We have issues and tasks, but our
issue is not to feel guilty and wrong because we have been
victimized.

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