Saturday, October 04, 2014

FAMILY BUTTONS:


Who knows better how to push our
buttons than family members?

No matter how long we or our family
members have been recovering,
relationships with family members can
be provocative.

One telephone conversation can put us
in an emotional and psychological
tailspin that last for hours or days.

Sometimes, it gets worse when we
begin recovery because we become even
more aware of our reactions and our
discomfort.

The process of detaching in love from
family members can take years. So can
the process of learning how to react in a
more effective way. We cannot control
what they do or try to do, but we can
gain some sense of control over how we
choose to react.

Their patterns, particularly their patterns
with us, are their issues. How we react,
or allow these patterns to influence us, is
our issue.

We can love our family and still refuse to
buy into their issues. We can love our
family but refuse their efforts to
manipulate, control, or produce guilt in
us.

We can learn to love our family without
forfeiting love and respect for ourselves.

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