When you feel you need it and cannot get it the pain can be so great.
But when you owe it and don't want to give it away, the struggle can be even more damaging
Forgiveness
is a topic that will never go away, not in this world. In substance use
treatment the topic of forgiveness is guaranteed to come up sooner or later.
This is especially true after you start digging deeper into the hurt, trauma,
resentment and pain that often can help start or sustain an addiction in many
lives.
Forgiveness
by itself is not the answer but it certainly can be a huge part of the
equation. Resentment, which is the polar opposite of forgiveness, is one of the
ugliest human emotions that serves no positive purpose. To let go of and
release resentment out of the proverbial heart can be likened cutting out the
cancer from one’s afflicted flesh. All of this can be easier said, than done as
forgiveness does not always come easy. Forgiveness can be challenging
especially when the pain that was experienced cuts very deep, but forgiveness
is certainly worth it. Resentment is pain, whereas forgiveness is healing.
In order to
start too open up personally about this important topic please discuss the
following statements which are presented in a “True or False” format. (Give
your best answers based on your personal thoughts, insight, feelings and
experiences)
Make your
best estimate of yourself by answering the following statements: True or False – Then explain why:
Forgiveness comes easy to me most of the time…
I can think of someone or something that I resent in my life right
now…
Overall, for the most part I am a pretty loving person…
There are some good people in my life who have forgiven me…
I can be vengeful or vindictive…
I want people to suffer for what they’ve done to me…
I would rather just let it go when I feel myself holding on to
anger for too long…
I am proud to say that I do have any enemies…
I sometimes obsess over my feelings when someone disappoints me…
I am willing to make personal sacrifices to keep peace with
others…
I often cannot let it slide when someone insults me even if it was
an accident…
I find it hard to resist arguing with others who say things I find
offensive or ignorant…
I find that overall I am pretty tolerant and accepting of others…
I can readily accept it and move on when someone apologizes…
It is easy for me to apologize when I am wrong…
I need to work on resentment…
I need to work on forgiveness…
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