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Affirmations As A Tool In The Search For Truth

© De Williams

Early in my recovery, I was given the exercise of writing affirmations every day. Many of us have been told to do this. I was given the additional task of writing the rebuttal that I heard in my head. Here are a few affirmations and my arguements as to why they are not true. (They are true, you know...every single one of them!)

A suggested excercise would be start on a clean page in your journal and write the affirmation. Write next, the first thought that pops into your head. Repeat the process until no new ideas are expressed. Read what you have written. You might feel some painful feelings as you do this part. It is okay. This is really what you are thinking right now. Now that they are out of your head, you can rebut them and come up with the truth (which for me is usually half way between the affirmation and what I originally thought.)

Do this on a daily basis for a while, choosing a new affirmation.

I am lovable and capable. I don't know about you, but as I was growing up, love was conditional upon what I did, not who I was. Actually, who I was was what I did. So today, when I do the best I can, it often isn't good enough.

I fully accept and believe in myself just the way I am. Now this is an affirmation I can get my teeth into and tear into itty bitty pieces. Just the way I am, often isn't good enough. (See I am lovable and capable.)

I am a unique and special person. There is no one else quite like me in the entire world. Boy ain't that the truth! I don't know of anyone that would WANT to be like me!

I accept all the different parts of me. Yeah, even the thunder thighs? The daily, sometimes hourly, fear? Or how about that part that forgets peoples names?

I am already worthy as a person. I don't have to prove myself. See I am loveable and capable.

My feelings and needs are important. I have a really hard time with this one. Through out my life I have had people around me that told me I should not feel exactly the way I am feeling. Today my people choosing skills have improved enough that I have people who let me feel what I am feeling in my life.

It's O.K. to think about what I need.

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