Comments on: Self Acceptance

By: shivashankaran

shivashankaran — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:34 +0000

article is very good. i will feel always useless. now i have ask whom i am. thanks for you

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:27:03 +0000

I have read this page many times and keep coming back to read it now and again. One of the big challanges I faced when I stopped drinking was to learn to live with emotions I would normally drink to supress.

Accepting those emotions as being ‘normal’ and not berating myself for having them was a big step forward for me. I know now that uncomfortable emotions wont kill me – and they will always pass.

Accepting how I feel as being normal means I dont need to run away from my feelings or use inappropriate ways of dealing with them – like drinking.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:50:27 +0000

I also find it a challenge to acknowledge my feelings, without beating myself up for them. i thought that this helped. I’m going to print it out and put it in my journal.

By: Noelle

Noelle — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:08:41 +0000

I have to agree with Sophie and i also found this article very comforting. The key words is ‘needs to be recongized’ is quite the challenge. Is there a chance you could put some positive affirmations that i can use during the day when i want to reach for a drink?

Noelle

By: Sophie Beauchamp

Sophie Beauchamp — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:32:45 +0000

I would just like to say that I found this article really comforting. I have accepted that I have a problem with alcohol but have struggled to accept my own negative feelings. I’ve constantly blamed myself for how I feel, but it’s encouraging to read that we don’t have much control over this. I think I need to accept my feelings as being part of me, and that negative feelings don’t make me a bad person.