I am willing to grow up today. I want to become a mature person. Part of my disease caused me to remain immature. My unmet needs from childhood sat inside of me like hungry monsters feeding on anything I threw into them. In recovery I have learned to identify my needs and to meet them in healthier ways. I can prioritize and see my life with some perspective. I recognize that part of maturation is identifying the hungry child within and working intelligently and compassionately with her before she works her wrath on me. I can survive feeling needy today - this is part of my new maturity.

I can survive my painful feelings and remain intact.

One must liberate oneself . . . from complexities, from taking ones fate too much to heart, before being able to rejoice simply because one is alive and among the living. Czeslaw Milosz