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bluidkiti · 01-26-2025, 06:42 AM

January 26

Unbecoming

Glennon Doyle has said, "Recovery is an unbecoming." I love that. There are many definitions of unbecoming. One is an adjective that means "not flattering, fitting, suitable, or appropriate." Or it can be a verb that means "unraveling, investigating and solving something, understanding or explaining our beliefs." Sometimes, it's an undoing. Other times, it’s exploration and slow unwinding of layers. In some cases, unbecoming can be perfectionistic, harsh, critical.

The process of becoming includes unbecoming the person we thought we were. Unbecoming who society thought I should be, who I thought I had to be, who my friends needed me to be. It's about unbecoming someone who is dependent on substances or work or the approval of others to become someone who is self-reliant in her recovery. We can begin unbecoming and then start the process of becoming, or maybe we start becoming first. It’s a cycle; it's not linear. We don't have to fully unbecome to become.

Who will you unbecome so you can become you?

Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women*

01-26-2025, 06:42 AM	#26
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 74,775	January 26 Unbecoming Glennon Doyle has said, "Recovery is an unbecoming." I love that. There are many definitions of unbecoming. One is an adjective that means "not flattering, fitting, suitable, or appropriate." Or it can be a verb that means "unraveling, investigating and solving something, understanding or explaining our beliefs." Sometimes, it's an undoing. Other times, it’s exploration and slow unwinding of layers. In some cases, unbecoming can be perfectionistic, harsh, critical. The process of becoming includes unbecoming the person we thought we were. Unbecoming who society thought I should be, who I thought I had to be, who my friends needed me to be. It's about unbecoming someone who is dependent on substances or work or the approval of others to become someone who is self-reliant in her recovery. We can begin unbecoming and then start the process of becoming, or maybe we start becoming first. It’s a cycle; it's not linear. We don't have to fully unbecome to become. Who will you unbecome so you can become you? Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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