Right? Super disappointing. All that 12-step stuff is kinda appropos now (b/c dealing w/dysfunction)--"detach with love" and "acceptance is Step Zero" and "expectations are resentments waiting to happen"--LOL. Not the first reactions I reach for--this is a pep talk for myself, not holier-than-thou advice!
I've done a lot of 12 Step work myself (Al-Anon) and have found it life-changing. There are things I don't embrace about it, I'm not a fanatic by any means, but it's helped me with many many issues in my life, many of them going way back. I think it's too bad that people sneer at it without giving it a try.
Yeah, a 12-step program saved my life, for sure; I think it is a shame too, that people pre-judge, but I know I did for years, until it was the only place to go.
Right? Super disappointing. All that 12-step stuff is kinda appropos now (b/c dealing w/dysfunction)--"detach with love" and "acceptance is Step Zero" and "expectations are resentments waiting to happen"--LOL. Not the first reactions I reach for--this is a pep talk for myself, not holier-than-thou advice!
I've done a lot of 12 Step work myself (Al-Anon) and have found it life-changing. There are things I don't embrace about it, I'm not a fanatic by any means, but it's helped me with many many issues in my life, many of them going way back. I think it's too bad that people sneer at it without giving it a try.
Yeah, a 12-step program saved my life, for sure; I think it is a shame too, that people pre-judge, but I know I did for years, until it was the only place to go.