Originally Posted by
trailmix 
Yes. You know, self-care isn't all about meetings and self awareness, it's also about being nice to yourself.
Are you? Are you nice to yourself? Do you speak nicely to yourself, do you do nice things for yourself like spend a day on the sofa reading a good book or binge watch a netflix series or buy yourself a piece of cake for dessert?
When is the last time you took a holiday for yourself, planned some sightseeing, even in your own town/city? Ever done a tour?
What do you do for fun?
Al-anon is where I found a new balance in all these things.
I came to having a new awareness of how often I did things for fun with other people in mind vs. purely for me.
One day I took a float tube out on the river before an Al-anon meeting, all by myself. I found a lot of feelings, awareness and acceptance of taking care of myself. It was from both the time alone & the meeting, very much connected to each other.