Healing the Wounds of the Past
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Thank you for posting this! I just started therapy, after 2 1/2 years in AA, and I always feel sort of bad that I need that extra support to heal some of the wounds of the past.
This was really helpful to read
This was really helpful to read
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Therapy was essential for me in AA. AA is good at dealing with addiction, but not so good at dealing with family issues, and I had plenty. It took a lot of work, but it saved my butt. Congradulations.
Thankful for every sober day!
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i started therapy in february - on april 30 i quit drinking and have been sober since
since i got sober my growth in therapy has been tremendous and we're really dealing with the deep things and though its hard and painful its so worth it
i think nearly all addicts can benefit from therapy if for nothing else than to have a safe place to really talk about things (apart from group support) and to deal on those things that likely drove them to their addiction in the first place as most addicts i know drink/use to self-medicate from hurts/pains/abuses in their past or even their present.
i'm truly thankful for my therapist - she's been a real gift from God in my life.
oh and i agree. cry cry cry cry. let it out. its so healing.
forgive, its for your benefit. forgiveness doesn't mean restoration of a relationship but that you're letting go so YOU can heal. its not always easy, sometimes being willing to be wililng to forgive is enough in the beginning to get you on the road.
since i got sober my growth in therapy has been tremendous and we're really dealing with the deep things and though its hard and painful its so worth it
i think nearly all addicts can benefit from therapy if for nothing else than to have a safe place to really talk about things (apart from group support) and to deal on those things that likely drove them to their addiction in the first place as most addicts i know drink/use to self-medicate from hurts/pains/abuses in their past or even their present.
i'm truly thankful for my therapist - she's been a real gift from God in my life.
oh and i agree. cry cry cry cry. let it out. its so healing.
forgive, its for your benefit. forgiveness doesn't mean restoration of a relationship but that you're letting go so YOU can heal. its not always easy, sometimes being willing to be wililng to forgive is enough in the beginning to get you on the road.
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Originally Posted by Elizabeth2007 
oh forgive, its for your benefit. forgiveness doesn't mean restoration of a relationship but that you're letting go so YOU can heal. its not always easy, sometimes being willing to be wililng to forgive is enough in the beginning to get you on the road.
"we go to them in a forgiving spirit"
Step 9.
its also emphasized in the Lords prayer.
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
Without forgiveness, there is no freedom.
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