Tuesday, October 09, 2012

FAMILIES:



We may love and care about our family very
much. Family members may love and care
about us. But interacting with some members
may be a real trigger to our loss of sanity –
sometimes we go into a deep level of shame,
rage, anger, guilt, and helplessness.

It can be difficult to achieve detachment, on an
emotional level, with certain family members. It
can be difficult to separate their issues from
ours. It can be difficult to own our power.

The first step in separating our issues is
awareness and acceptance – simple
acknowledgement, without guilt, of our
feelings and thoughts. We do not have to blame
our family members. We do not have to blame
or shame ourselves. Acceptance is the goal –
acceptance and freedom to choose what we
want and need to do to take care of ourselves
with that person. We can become free of the
patterns of the past. We are recovering.
Progress not perfection.

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