We are working a recovery program now and things are getting better. We can lighten up. Mentally beating ourselves up creates a spiral of self-criticism and self-blame, and we don’t deserve it. We can learn to recognize self-criticism, and replace it with self-love. We can replace pessimism with an optimistic, new appreciation for our unique selves. We find we do deserve it. ~ Anonymous. Body, Mind, and Spirit: Daily Meditations (Hazelden Meditations) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

How would you treat someone who kept
treating someone of worth the way you treat yourself?
We can learn to recognize self-criticism,
and replace it with self-love.
We can replace pessimism with an optimistic,
new appreciation for our unique selves.
We find we do deserve it.
But you must learn to love yourself.
Understand how the people around you
resent the way you treat yourself
because they like you and disdain
your treating yourself like you do!