Recovery is a learning process

Recovery is about learning to love
and valve yourself enough to stop destroying yourself.
It's about learning to change your mind and your heart.
It's about forgiving yourself and others.
It's about letting go of shame and learning to accept your true self.
Recovery is about letting go of the lofty expectation of perfection
that you have placed upon yourself and others.
It's learning to love and accept yourself and others unconditionally.
Recovery is about learning to use your anger
as the fuel to create something good,
rather than denying it or holding it inside until you self-destruct
or strike out at another.
Recovery is about learning that you have a choice:
You can choose to be hopeful rather than hopeless;
you can choose to act from faith rather than react from fear;
and you can choose to enjoy life rather than merely survive.

Acceptance

Acceptance means that you
Can find the serenity within
to let go of the past
with its mistakes and regrets,
move into the future
with a new perspective,
and appreciate the opportunity
to take a second chance.
Acceptance means you'll find
Security again
When difficult times come
Into your life,
And comfort to relieve any pain.
You'll find new dreams, fresh hopes,
And forgiveness of the heart.
Acceptance does not mean
That you will always be perfect.
It simply means that
You'll always overcome imperfection.
Acceptance is the road to peace-
Letting go of the worst,
Holding on to the best,
And finding the hope inside
That continues throughout life.
Acceptance
Is the heart's best defense,
Love's greatest asset,
And the easiest way
To keep believing
In yourself and others.