RESCUING OURSELVES
No one likes a Martyr.
How do we feel around martyrs?
- Guilty
- Angry
- Trapped
- Negative
- Anxious to get away!
Somehow, many of us have developed the belief that depriving ourselves, not taking care of ourselves, being a victim, and suffering needlessly will get us what we want.
It is our job to notice our abilities, our strengths, and take care of ourselves by developing and acting on them.
It is our job to notice our pain and weariness and appropriately take care of ourselves.
It is our job to notice our deprivation, too, and begin to take steps to give ourselves abundance. It begins inside of us, by changing what we believe we deserve, by giving up our deprivation and treating ourselves the way we deserve to be treated.
Life is hard, but we don’t have to make it more difficult by neglecting ourselves. There is no glory in suffering, only suffering. Our pain will not stop when a rescuer comes, but when we take responsibility for ourselves stop our own pain.
Today, I will be my own rescuer. I will stop waiting for someone else to work through my issues and solve my problems for me.
- For first time help seekers
- For people waiting for treatment
- For people in treatment that require additional support, particularly after hours
- For people who have completed treatment and want to stay on track
- For people in recovery wanting to connect with others or prevent relapse
- For people supporting a significant other with a drug and alcohol problem (Families, friends)