Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.- Prentis Hemphill
My sponsor is encouraging me to take a step back in my service positions and focus on my recovery. Strong personal recovery is a service in itself. I often find it easier to serve others before I serve my own needs and that leads to resentment. It's unhealthy.
I see it in others too -- a busy life in service to others can be a front for not being willing to love ourselves enough to do our own work for ourselves. There is an unchallenged shame in there; feeling we are not deserving of recovery in our own right.
