Tuesday, November 05, 2013

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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