Abuse is unacceptable. Period.
Verbal, physical, emotional abuse HURTS.
So many of us here have experience some
sort of abuse in the past and present and
so many of us have turned to drugs or
alcohol to numb or forget those horrible
experiences at the hand of another sick
individuals and even ourselves.
Today I am learning to stand strong and
rise above those that have hurt me in the
past. Today I choose not to remain a victim
but rather become a survivor. A strong, secure,
positive, healthy, sober or clean survivor in
my life.
I try to not allow those that hurt me to
rent free in my mind, heart and soul by
incorporating a healthy, effective program
of recovery in all my affairs and actions.
It's time for me to stop blaming those
very persons, parents, classmates, friends,
sick individuals for hurting me in the past
that has kept me from growing strong,
healthy, happy and free myself.
I have gone from being sick myself
in addiction to getting the gift of recovery
taught to me over the past 25 yrs to
accept those folks in the past that hurt
me just the way they are and believe that
they cant and wont hurt me any longer
by incorporating a healthy more affect
program of recovery to live by and
incorporate in my mind, body, soul and
life.
We are survivors.
We have to learn to forgive those that
hurt us. No we wont forget, but we don't
have to continue to allow their actions
on us to keep us hostage in our own
addiction and sickness.
Forgive them for they no not what they
did or do are words I remind myself often
to help me move forward in my own life.
Ive done many things in my life, when
I was sick in my addiction, but I choose
not to practice them any longer. They
are not healthy.
I look upon my Faith I was brought
up upon and strengthened in my own
recovery program for guidance, forgiveness,
for the hurt inflicted on me by the hands
of other sick folks.
I continue to place those people, family
members, family, friends, even myself
into the Hands of my HP - Higher Power,
God of my own understanding to soften
my heart, mind and soul and allow Him
to take care of them because I know I
cant.
Today, for me, I have distance myself
from those that hurt me because I cant
allow them to interfere with my own
recovery. My own peace of mind. My
own progress in life and recovery.
There is no place for them to live
rent free in my heart, mind, soul
and recovery life.