Friday, February 12, 2021

Feb. 12, 2021 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Friday, Feb. 12, 2021

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Only by caring for and loving ourselves can we feel safe. Many fears are born of self-loathing. — Anonymous

The need to feel safe is primary within each of us. Without safety, life is frightening and overwhelming. Not feeling safe can even affect our will to live. Why go on when we feel alone in a hostile world?

As addicts who have been buffeted by our own and others’ actions, we need to put feeling safe at the top of our priority list. Safety involves setting boundaries between ourselves and other people. It means having our needs met. It involves affirming that we are competent and that we are lovable. It also requires inviting our Higher Power into what has been the void of our life. We can’t feel safe living in a void. We have to fill it with something meaningful, and the choices we make will determine whether we live or merely exist.

I am acknowledging my need for safety, and I am working to balance it with my desire for risk.

Hazelden Foundation

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