Meditations on "Victim"

We feel hurt when another’s unkind words or actions cause our self-worth to be devalued.

At some point in our lives we became aware that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our lives had become unmanageable.

When we don’t feel good about ourselves it is often the result of comparing ourselves with others.

Rationalizing endorses the internal belief that we are victims of circumstances beyond our control.

Accepting responsibility for our behaviour is difficult for most of us even in recovery.

Having a loving relationship with God and praying with Him about everything we do is the foundation for those who seek to live with God in recovery.

An important part of living with God in recovery is coming to an accurate view of what went wrong in our relationships and doing our part to make things right.

We often bring our “street smart” thinking into recovery with us.

“Principles before personalities” is one of those sayings we hear at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

A person with a victim mentality has learned to focus on suffering while trying to avoid more at any cost.

The victim mentality is quite widespread in our society and particularly in the world of addiction and recovery.

We have all sorts of reasons why we think we can’t change.