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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