Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Becoming Our Own Best Friend
In a certain sense, recovery from any of the things that we recover from is about learning how to become our own best friend. Making friends with ourselves is not an easy concept for us to grasp initially, but we figure it out eventually. We befriend ourselves by stopping the behaviors that are causing us harm, then doing the work that we need to do to heal our traumas and, over time, release our past.
We befriend ourselves by treating ourselves kindly and with appreciation — the same ways that we treat other friends in our life. After years of being our own worst enemy, becoming our own best friend is a relief and an opportunity. It opens the door to self-care, self-compassion, and, over time, self-love. Becoming our own best friend is an important milestone in our healing. After all, we can never have too many friends, right?
Are you your own best friend? If not, can you practice treating yourself as you would treat a dear friend?
Hazelden Foundation
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