Saturday, August 1st
By taking care of myself, I enjoy a daily reprieve from sexual compulsion.
Many of us enter recovery carrying the burdens of negative self-judgment along with anxiety, fears, resentment, and shame that can fuel our sexual compulsion. These feelings may lead us to embrace perfectionism as a coping skill, both in acting out and in early recovery.
As we heal, we begin to sense change — that our lives mean more than the endless pursuit of compulsive sex or romantic obsession. By releasing perfectionism, we may discover that the same intensity and passion we once surrendered to acting out is now encouraging us in sobriety to create for ourselves richer, more rewarding lives.
We start paying attention to our daily needs.
When we clear the clutter in our minds, hearts, and bodies, we can listen to ourselves and feel the presence of our Higher Power. We remember that recovery does not usually progress in a neat, linear fashion. We can expect frustrations and setbacks.
However, our lives improve over time as we continue to embrace our new way of life. We remember to be gentle and kind to ourselves. We live one day at a time, trusting the new routines of our life in recovery.
We develop patience and trust in our healing process.