ACCEPTANCE OF YOURSELVES

[rosepedilgirl]

acceptance ;

to take something
to recieve willingly
to approve

it maybe diffcult to approve of ourselves , when we are

wishing that we were different , but it is critical for the

development of recovery to began,,,,

to accept the reality and totality of ourselves to '' be''

acceptance- of self- means

really looking at yourslef , seeing what you are..

inside and outside......

reality of yourself.....

list ;;

things you like about yourself

things you don't like about yourself

things you want to stay the same

things you want to change...


turning into self acceptance..

how do i accept myself,,,

the answer lies in learning to accept the

reality of ourselves without necessarily agreeing with

or liking all the feelings or separate components of what we are accepting,,

this means that we can agree with or approve of the totality , our wholeness, without agreeing with or approving of all our characteristic's ,

this is the opposite of our training ..


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[Caressa2]

Dear Rosepedilgirl,

Acceptance is one of the key ingredients of recovery.

Acceptance that my addiction is a disease.

Acceptance of the disease itself, and that I can only have dail reprieve, dependent on my daily spiritual connection.

Acceptance of the program and it's totality, because half-measures availed me nothing. If they had said, "Sit on a telephone pole for "X" number of hours a day, seven days a week, twelve months a year, from now to whenever, I would do it' if it was what was necessary to stay clean and sober.

Acceptance of the fact that I needed to work and learn to live the steps.

Acceptance that I needed a sponsor and a support group that I couldn't do this recovery thing alone.

Acceptance for myself and others, has only come over "working" the program, one day at a time, since I came into recovery.

Today, I can still have "fat and ugly days" after twelve years of recovery.

Acceptance that this isn't a "fix me" program but a healing program, which allows me to grow and develp as a person, one day at a time.

Acceptance of the fact that I may falter and make mistakes, yet knowing that if I pick myself up, dust myself off, I can start all over again, one day at a time.

Acceptance that it isn't always a physical relapse, but often a mental, emotional and spiritual one.

Acceptance that without you, there is no me! Yet withoug me, I have nothing!

[majestyjo]

Acceptance is the key to all my problems. Closing up shop, just for today.