{"id":1203,"date":"2024-07-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:21:47","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-9th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 9th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-289b2fc666045648611131bbd291ef67\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8af3197cab742cd6115e0eaf225b2698\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-80c48ebd6332e048c26b2b10da985e1d\"><strong>YouTube  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chri<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Remember Mindfulness \u2013 sit comfortably<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>The child within<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c4c5099d561fc5ff6ef54efc72f967c1\"><strong>Childhood can be tough. Traumatic events leave emotional scars as well as physical ones. The absence of love causes lasting psychological pain. A damaged child learns to be wary of attachments because:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-block-list wp-elements-5a2fc83558af2059b65cd4ad03ab0b1c\">\n<li><strong>Love is conditional (manipulation)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Love makes you weak and vulnerable<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Love must be searched for and can be lost<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Love hurts but emotions need to be hidden. Many of us have had bad childhood experiences that still affect us. The way they have influenced our attitudes to life may be small \u2013 or large: <em>Don\u2019t do that, you\u2019re not clever enough to try <\/em>or <em>don\u2019t say what you really think \u2013 it\u2019ll get you into trouble. <\/em>                <\/strong>                                                                  <strong> Addiction\u00a0is often rooted in some kind of\u00a0 attachment problem.<\/strong>                                            <strong> Do I recognise the suffering of my inner child and see there is more work to do?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-81f978df9649ca2b165d062ad2787d53\"><strong>Past suffering remains a measure of who we are, a characteristic of our inner child. To comfort this child, we must understand our suffering, because some good may come of it in the end. This can seem contradictory but is often a theme of religious teaching. Today, I will treat others with kindness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p View VIDEO on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120 YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chri Remember Mindfulness \u2013 sit comfortably The child within Childhood can be tough. Traumatic events leave emotional scars as well as physical ones. 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