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Anna Yeah, I think it's based on the premise of trying to fill yourself with something outside of you. I think that's why there has to be a spiritual (not necessarily religious) aspect of recovery. I had to find a way to reconnect with my soul and to find a purpose in life. I had to learn self-love, and it's not easy for those of us who have believed we needed things outside of us in order to feel fulfilled.
I agree. The spiritual was an essential part of My recovery and filled the whole that I had tried unsuccessfully tried to fill with alcohol for years. It completed me as a person