“100% of our emotional pain comes from relationships.” I’ve mentioned that quote and the following concept before, but it is so essential to recovery that it deserves repeating.
“It’s relationships that messed us up and it’s relationships that will heal us” – Michael Dye Creator of the Genesis Process for Relapse Prevention
When our human ability to trust and receive gratification from God and others gets damaged we have to learn to self-gratify to survive. All addictions serve to temporarily anesthetize our awareness of the gaping empty place that has been created within us. As we increasingly rely on ourselves, we become more and more isolated, which causes us to become even less willing to risk trusting others. As this downward spiral continues, Satan systematically works to destroy our ability to reflect God and receive healing through relationships.
Recovery is the process of learning to trust again.
“Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.” — Proverbs 28:26
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