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We can change our negative beliefs about life and whether we have the power to stop our pain and take care of ourselves. ~Melody Beattie

They tell us there are no victims, only volunteers. Yet, why does it so often feel like we are being victimized? This is because we have not yet learned to take responsibility for our own choices in recovery. When using, our disease chose for us. In early recovery our sponsor may have chosen for us. Today, we must choose for ourselves. If someone is being abusive with us, we have not yet chosen to take personal responsibility for how we allow others to treat us. If we always sit home alone, we have not yet chosen to be of service in the Program. If we suffer from feelings of depravation in our lives, it is because we have not yet chosen to let our Higher Power become our Employer. Our choices reflect our beliefs. Whether they are negative or positive is up to us.

The choices I make today will

effect my tomorrows.

I used to think that a negative attitude would be there forever, that I had no way out of my depression or my moods. I know better, now.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 127