Venting or confusion? Help me out!
So it seems that, to me, I have encountered a bit of a contradiction in recovery motivation.
My counselor tells me that in my recovery (three months clean now), I need to focus on me and that while others may support me and it's OK for me to appreciate that, I have to focus on myself and not what they want. On the other hand, my stepmother (who is a substance abuse counselor) has told me that while this is true, the health of the other people involved in my life is most important. This sort of made me feel like someone who is otherwise left to rot in a lonely field somewhere with a false sense of hope that I might be better forever. Alas, I don't even matter so much in my own life it seems :/
I'm not really angry about this, moreso frustrated...but I feel that I am frustrated because I am missing some important points. What am I missing, if someone can enlighten me?