Self-Acceptance
- Dr. Robert Booker
- Dec 7, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 15, 2024
Self-acceptance permits balance in our recovery we no longer have to look for the approval of others because we are stisfied with being ourselves we are free to gratefully emphasize our assets to humbly move away from our defects and to become the best recovering addicts we can be assepting ourselves as we are means that we are all right that we are not perfect but we can improve
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