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ACOA - Self Pity, Freedom
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SELF-PITY

I FACE MY EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCE THEM FREELY

I can talk about my pain and not fear that I am overdoing it, or that people will pity me.  I will not disown myself from my pain; neither will I indulge in self-pity.  There is a distinct difference between acknowledging pain and blaming others for it.

I will not cling to my pain as an excuse for inactivity, nor will I complain about my pain while seeking to avoid it.

Talking about my uncomfortable feelings can be therapeutic and relieving.  It requires courage and honesty, and it is not an exercise in self-indulgence.  When I tell someone how I'm feeling, I am taking responsibility for my awareness.  I enter the realm of self-pity when I make no effort to deal with my suffering or to understand it.  I am indulging in self-pity when I abandon responsibility for my feelings and surrender to passivity. 

I see that when I face my emotions and experience them freely, I take a big step toward recovery.  Today I face my pain, and I move through it.


 

FREEDOM

I FEEL A BOUNDLESS FREEDOM

I am not bound by anything, and I can express freedom now.  I do not have to wait until next week or next month to feel free.  I do not have to wait until challenges are removed from my life.

I can be free now.  Today I sense unerringly that freedom begins within my mind.

Rich possibilities stretch in a panorama before me, inviting me onward and upward.  Today I visualize my disappointments vanishing like mist before the morning sun.

 

Daily Affirmations For Adult Children of Alcoholics by Rokelle Lerner



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"See the work.  Do the work.  Stay out of misery."  -Maharishi

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