Life After Addiction – Regaining a Sense of Self-Worth

It wasn’t until many years into my recovery that I began to understand even the simplest truth of what a sense of self-worth meant, and I began to see myself as a worthy person. Throughout my life before, during, and for some years after my active alcohol and drug addiction, I had no sense of either ‘self’ or ‘worthiness’ and thus I had little understanding of boundaries. Today life has come full circle for me. I live most of my days “happy, joyous, and free” – the exact opposite of how I used to live. Today I understand, respect, and honour the boundaries of others, as well as my own.