HONESTY:

We can be honest and direct
about our boundaries in
relationships.

Perhaps no area of our life
reflects our uniqueness and
individuality in recovery
more than our relationships.

We need to be able to be
honest and direct. We can
define our relationships to

people, and we can ask
them to be honest and
direct about defining their

vision of the relationship
with us.

It is confusing to be in
relationships and not know
where we stand – whether

this is on the job, in a
friendship, with family
members, or in love

relationships.

We can set boundaries. If
someone wants a more
intense relationship than
we do, we can be clear and
honest about what we want,
about our intended level of

participation.

We can even define
relationships with children,
if those relationships have

gotten sticky and exceeded
our parameters.

Relationships take a while to
form, but at some point we
can reasonably expect a clear
definition of what that
relationship is and what the
boundaries of it are. If the
definitions clash, we are free
to make a new decision based
on the appropriate
information about what we
need to do to take care of
ourselves.

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