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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