Quotes about Self-care

Today, I will wait, if waiting is the action I need in order to take care of myself.

It is almost impossible to have fun when we are bottled up with repressed emotions, worried sick about someone, saturated with guilt and despair, rigidly controlling ourselves or someone else, or worried about what other people are thinking about us. However, most people aren't thinking about us; they're worried about themselves and what we think of them.

When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to say it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.

Do you know you have a right to become as healthy as you want, no matter what your family does or doesn't do? Do you know you can love

Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.

You can spoil your fun, your day, your life—that's your business—but I won't let you spoil my fun, my day, or my life.

We don't have to punish ourselves by feeling guilty to prove to God or anyone else how much we care.7 We need to forgive ourselves. Take the Fourth and Fifth Steps (see the chapter on working a Twelve Step program); talk to a clergy person; talk to God; make amends; and then be done with it.

I do not deserve and will not tolerate abuse or constant mistreatment.

We frequently react to people who are destroying themselves; we react by learning to destroy ourselves.

In recovery, we learn that self-care leads us on the path to God's will and plan for our life. Self-care never leads away from our highest good; it leads toward it. Learn to nurture that voice inside. We can trust ourselves.

Codependents aren't crazier or sicker than alcoholics. But, they hurt as much or more.

Eventually, we learn the lesson that real power comes from allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to feel hurt. Real power comes from knowing we can take care of ourselves, even when we feel emotional pain. Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.