I believe that the addiction and codependancy are drenched with victimhood and self-pity.
In fact, I believe those to be two of the main symptoms, as well as big obstacles to recovery. I caught myself this morning going into victim/self-pity mode. It doesn't take long to get from 0 to 100 with that way of thinking. It started with:
"my house is a mess, have to get my son ready for school, I work full time and there never seems to be enough time for anything.. I'm tired. I'm exhausted emotionally Day in Day out same thing. Same routine and where is my ex husband ?? Finally they got him.. JAIL ..Probably still Getting high.. . I look at years and years in the future of the same problems. " Time for a gratitude check!!! Time for some one-on-one with my HP!
Victimhood has it's payoffs, but they aren't the kind I want. Self-pity leads to excuses and excuses gets me in the stuck mode. I'm going to throw out a challenge for anyone who cares to join me. I'm going to observe my thinking today to identify ways I stay in victimhood and self-pity. Calling myself on my own BS is healthy.
I appreciate your challenge. It had helped me as I've been working on step 10. There is a necessity of a close application of correct principles in our lives. All that we think, say, and do. It requires our whole focus! Our whole life needs to be devoted to improvement in order to come to knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus Christ! Thanks, and God bless!
