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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