Isolation is a killer. Make no mistake: I cannot stay isolated too long or it will drive me nuts.
I grew up in an environment where I was isolated. I just stayed in my room and minded my business. As an only child (not whining here ... just my truth), I really did not have any good role models about what healthy boundaries were about.
What are healthy relationships? What do they look like? I was just trying to stay alive and stave off all the emotional garbage in and around my environment.
My two best friends were my stereo and TV set. That's it.
Now that I'm older and ... uh ... well, a little wiser, I realize that isolating is not good. I need to be around other people, whether at a Starbucks or a library.
Sure, there are times when I can be in solitude at home. Yet I really have to be aware that solitude can turn into isolation pretty quick if I let it.
This whole process of kicking isolation goodbye is an ongoing one.
Anyone in recovery knows (or will know in due time) that there are no Lone Rangers in recovery. If you think you can recover on your own without other people, then I think I can safely say there's trouble ahead.
In other words, "Beam me up, Scotty!"
I know isolation. Isolation knows me. I bet you know isolation, too, and it sucks.
Let's try to break on through our isolation and kick it goodbye one day at a time. Who knows? The life I have wanted to live might be just beyond isolation's front door. That might also be the same for you, too.
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