Thank you, but I feel SO ashamed. Thats why I wrote it. to air that shame. Shame grows in dark places. out there, in truth, however horrible, its less frightening. xxx
Of course – I hope you don’t think I was trivialising your shame. Remember that since you stopped drinking you haven’t done anything you feel ashamed of. Keep that head up high Lily and be proud. Xx
Lily, I completely agree with Tori! You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of! Instead, you should be proud of all the work you’ve done and how far you’ve come-and I know you are. And, it could have always been worse. It’s all part of your process-it’s part of your story. We all have things that we feel ashamed of- and as time goes on, it becomes more bearable and when we work on it and work it out, we claim our power over it. While reading your post I had absolutely no judgement or feelings that you had done anything to be ashamed of. I had a boss once-who was a total jack ass-BUT, he said something once that has really stuck with me. That was,”it’s okay to make a mistake once. We all do that. It’s a problem when we continue to make the same mistake over and over.”
Xxxx
You know yesterday I was listening to this guy I like on a Podcast and something he said really resonated with me. One way to look at all your doing-not only in quitting alcohol but the work you’re doing with your therapist and then blogging about it is a form of detoxing-there are so many ways for us to detoxify ourselves and our lives-and I thought of you when I heard that-You’re just releasing the old, toxic no longer needed stuff-to make way for whatever your Higher Self has in mind for you!
Xxxx
Lily lovely, you have absolutely nothing to feel ashamed of. Really you don’t. Try and believe that and hold onto it. Xxx
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Thank you, but I feel SO ashamed. Thats why I wrote it. to air that shame. Shame grows in dark places. out there, in truth, however horrible, its less frightening. xxx
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Of course – I hope you don’t think I was trivialising your shame. Remember that since you stopped drinking you haven’t done anything you feel ashamed of. Keep that head up high Lily and be proud. Xx
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I know what you meant – and I thank you for it. Maybe it’s the last big thing I need to confront…❤🌷xxx
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Lily, I completely agree with Tori! You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of! Instead, you should be proud of all the work you’ve done and how far you’ve come-and I know you are. And, it could have always been worse. It’s all part of your process-it’s part of your story. We all have things that we feel ashamed of- and as time goes on, it becomes more bearable and when we work on it and work it out, we claim our power over it. While reading your post I had absolutely no judgement or feelings that you had done anything to be ashamed of. I had a boss once-who was a total jack ass-BUT, he said something once that has really stuck with me. That was,”it’s okay to make a mistake once. We all do that. It’s a problem when we continue to make the same mistake over and over.”
Xxxx
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Thank you. I feel
Like this might be the last ‘shameful ‘ thing I need to drag out into the open and air … then I can heal xx 🌷🌷
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You know yesterday I was listening to this guy I like on a Podcast and something he said really resonated with me. One way to look at all your doing-not only in quitting alcohol but the work you’re doing with your therapist and then blogging about it is a form of detoxing-there are so many ways for us to detoxify ourselves and our lives-and I thought of you when I heard that-You’re just releasing the old, toxic no longer needed stuff-to make way for whatever your Higher Self has in mind for you!
Xxxx
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