GETTING IT ALL OUT:

Once we begin recovery, we may feel
it's not okay to gripe and complain.
We may tell ourselves that if we were
really working a good program, we
wouldn't need to complain.

We can let ourselves get our feelings
out, take risks, and be vulnerable with

others. We don't have to be all put
together, all the time. That sounds
more like codependency than
recovery.

Getting it all out doesn't mean we
need to be victims. It doesn't mean
we need to revel in our misery. It
doesn't mean we won't go on to set
boundaries. It doesn't mean we
won't take care of ourselves.

Sometimes, getting it all out is an
essential part of taking care of

ourselves. We reach a point of
surrender so we can move forward.

Self-disclosure does not mean only
quietly reporting our feelings. It
means we occasionally take the risk
to share our human side – the side
with fears, sadness, hurt, rage,
unreasonable anger, weariness, or
lack of faith.

We can let our humanity show. In
the process, we give others
permission to be human too.
"Together" people have their
not-so-together moments.
Sometimes, falling apart – getting it
all out – is how we get put back
together.

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