Oct 11, 2008 12:10
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56 (improvise if there is no page 56)
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next several sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
The language of letting go: Daily meditations for codependants.
Page 56, sentence 5.
"Most of us in recovery have engaged in denial from time to time. Some of us relied on this tool. We may have denied events or feelings from the past. We may have denied other people's problems; we may have denied our own problems, feelings,thoughts,wants, or needs. We denied the truth."