Addiction Recovery - It's Going to Hurt

I have a little reminder for each of you who are stretching and growing and becoming:

It's going to hurt.

It's going to hurt a lot.

It's not going to be super awesome.

It's going to feel heavy.

It's going to feel very lonely at times.

It's going to make you question why and how and if it's worth it.

Let me remind you of another thing or two:

It's SO worth it.

You are never, ever alone.

Just as there is opposition in happiness and joy and goodness and truth, there is also opposition in sadness, disappointment, embarrassment, hurt, anger, fear...

The world NEEDS us to be who we were made to be.

But, we have to figure out what that is!

The finding out part can be hard.

The living in it once we figure that out is pretty awesome.

Reminder number three:

That doesn't just happen.

Step Four:

Inventory

NEVER ENDS.

The initial inventory that we do as part of addiction recovery is HARD.

Once we are self-aware and capable of living in our true self because we know who our true self is and whose we are, we then have to continue to do inventory.

Sucky, right?!

Worth it?

Yup.

Always worth it.

Do the inventory.

Do the road maps.

Do the turns and twists mapping of your life all the time.

This teaches us continually who we are.

What we were made to be.

How to get there.

What not to do in the future.

What TO do in the future.

And one more reminder:

We learn that once we have "repented" of our sins or transgressions, God forgets them.

We learn to say ask forgiveness of those we have hurt as part of our redemptive process.

That includes ourselves.

Once we have gone through the process of self-awareness, learning to believe and rely on the Savior, inventory, etc. we need to forgive ourselves and let it go.

We need to say to ourselves OUT LOUD:
"I love you, Heidi. I love you right where you are. I accept you for who you are right now. I am proud of you, Heidi. You are becoming. You are stretching. You are learning. You are growing."

And keep right on becoming.