“We can’t manipulate people into swallowing our boundaries by sugarcoating them. Boundaries are a “litmus test” for the quality of our relationships. Those people in our lives who can respect our boundaries will love our wills, our opinions, our separateness. Those who can’t respect our boundaries are telling us that they don’t love our no. They only love our yes, our compliance.”
― Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No
― Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No
“Hearing the message of recovery and hope from someone else fans the dim spark of aliveness we keep buried inside.” BRB p. 359 When”
― Strengthening My Recovery: Meditations for Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
― Strengthening My Recovery: Meditations for Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
“While these loved ones may not meet our expectations, it is our expectations, not our loved ones, that have let us down.”
― Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II
― Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II
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