Learning How to Treat Ourselves and Others

Prior to receiving alcohol detox many of us did not know how to treat ourselves or others well.  This was mainly due to the fact that we had little or no connection to ourselves or a power greater than ourselves. How could we make healthy loving connections with others when we couldn’t have one with ourselves? How could we treat others well when we treated ourselves so poorly? Most of us prior to going to AboveItAllTreatment, AA, or a recovery center were used to just trying to get our fix regardless of the cost or consequences. Many of us were not too concerned with building meaningful bonds because we were wrapped up in the bondage of self that stemmed from this seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. We were enslaved to this disease and many of us were just trying to survive. We did what we felt we had to do in order to stop the craving and need for drugs and/or alcohol. When we get sober we get to start repairing those relationships that were broken. Starting with the relationship we have with ourselves. We get to right our wrongs and clean up the wreckage of our past without creating more damage in the present. We get to approach situations trying to see what we can bring to the table instead of what we can take. We get to start showing up for life, ourselves, and others. We get to become the type of man/woman that people can depend on and as a result we get to experience what it’s like to truly be happy, joyous, and free!