Process Addiction - Self Sabotage

One of the things I love most about what I do is having people send me messages that say that they have come to realize that they are an addict.

I get SO excited for them!!

Yesterday, I received a message from a lady who is now aware that she is addicted to self-sabotage and self negative talk.

OKAY!!!

Awareness is the key to starting our journeys to active recovery and feeling better!

Self-sabotage is a process addiction.

I believe that, like all addictions, validation addiction is the gateway addiction.

Also like all addictions, it is a form of self-harm and self-abuse.

Stop and think about those words.

They are direct and harsh!

Abuse is a word that no one takes lightly.

It's against the law.

But, somehow self-abuse is "okay?"

It's not!

It is never okay!

They way we treat ourselves is how we teach others to treat us.

Awareness is always the first step.

Then belief.

I believe that with God and the Atonement, I can be healthy - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Then faith.

I have faith that God's plan for me is better than my plan for me. 

We do the self-inventory to figure out where this came from.

We discover our triggers and make our boundaries.

And, we learn and KNOW that our worth is one hundred - not up for discussion by anyone and certainly not up for discussion by ourselves.