The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
"It's time I started being nicer to myself. The voices in my head that tell me I'm not good enough do not speak the truth..."
I have some loud voices in my head today telling me I am not good Enough. One voice in particular is an echo of what I heard yesterday from a real person. I take these pushes from outside too seriously.
What seems like a total lack of understanding by another person baffles me, and I won't let it consume me.
"Today I will pay particular attention to any voice that speaks lovingly."
The most important voice is your own. Stop the negative stuff, put in positive. It takes awhile but in time you will stop that saying mean things to yourself.
There is nothing wrong with loving the you the creator gave you. If anyone says bad stuff about you or to you, shame on them. Feel sorry for them becuz they must feel awfully icky inside.
I cannot imagine saying something mean or nasty to someone on purpose.
Anyway I am glad you wrote and you show your true colors by your sharing. You are a very worthwhile, beautiful person. love,debilyn
Hello, peewee, I liked that reading today, too. I've noticed that as I work my program and start to get better, the harsh voices inside of me get louder for awhile. I have come to think of them as the Little One inside of me who is afraid to let go. So I have to take care of her. And I have also learned, through my spiritual practice, that it is more helpful to embrace the negativity that is inside of me than it is to try to get rid of it. And that is not at all easy to do! I also have learned that the negativity I hook on to outside of me connects to something that is already there inside of me. Thank my hp, it is possible to change my attitude! Keep working the steps and keep coming back. Make sure you have a good sponsor who is also working the steps. The steps are miracles! Working them will change your life! It works, if you work it! Blessings to you, peewee, mebjk
Gotta focus on the positive around us. I was so busy dwelling on the negative all the time I never even noticed the positive things going on around me!
Every time I get into one of those places now...where someone might say something unkind about me or just be negative around me .... i just chuckle to myself..its seems that when I started getting to alanon and started getting closer to God those little "distractions" seemed to pop up even more. I try to take those things as a sign I am on the right track now. Why else would those demons be trying so hard to bring me back down!!!
