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I used to think so. If I gave up some of that responsibility and surrendered, I’d be shirking my responsibilities! And I'd be weak!
No longer only for alcoholics, recovery can be applied to any behavior that we engage in that presents a "continuing and growing problem in any department..." of our lives. Often who we are is intertwined with our behaviors and when those behaviors are making our lives unmanageable, we may feel that to give them up is to give up who we are as people. Defining"sobriety" and "recovery" help to uncover their meaning.
As a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Dr. Brown studies vulnerability, courage, authenticity and shame. She looked for the common themes in the people she studied who believe they are worthy of love and found this.
The process of change can be threatening. Like a hermit crab finding a new shell to inhabit, we too must endure a time of exposure and vulnerability when growing psychologically and emotionally.