Growing up, again..

When we are growing up we are greatly influenced by those around us. Our habits, whatever they may be are almost wholly formed during childhood. We learn our behavior through imitation of our parents, our siblings, and our peer groups. However we can learn to undo habits that our unhealthy. The choice to create new patterns of behavior is ours to make if we want to. However, parting with old patterns and habits in order to make way for new ones takes time commitment and determination.
Each one of us working towards recovery has broken away from old patterns. We have chosen to leave detrimental t substances alone. We have chosen to leave unhealthy relationships. And, we have the daily choosing to move beyond our own shortcomings. Although not every day is a successful one because our shortcomings have been ingrained since childhood, we can move beyond this and choose again the next day.
And, although years of lying, feeling fearful, procrastinating, and restricting, binging and purging beckon to us; the very habit(s) itself inviting us. We must choose. We can find strength in recovery and in one another to let go of the behavior that stands in the way of today’s happiness. We can find in one another a better, healthier behavior to imitate. We can grow up again amidst the good habits of others, and ourselves.

Quote: “One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it”.
- Helen Hayes