{"id":1477,"date":"2025-09-14T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:41:02","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-september-14th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1477","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days September 14th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ef09045cdd219b2a7794e6aaf0c7fbc8\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ba1aa48c4a7173ea98b671762cfd9e33\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/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-66adf122f1ce98ada33ab388cc6da6bf\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts<\/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-c135ec01adcb79193d99608c8b1889f8\"><strong><br>Unhealthy relationships<\/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-e0c73d108a1a036bcfcb26e6db656cf2\"><strong><br>Relationships between two adults may begin as natural and harmless. But they quickly become toxic if one party seeks to control the arrangement. In a good relationship, trust, understanding and respect are taken for granted, but sometimes this can be abused. Manipulation is a subtle technique for controlling another person through exploiting their attitudes and expectations. We should not allow it to happen. Recognising that familiarity can indeed breed contempt is the first stage in putting things right. Confrontation may be the next. Allowing manipulation to continue puts us into the victim mode, which means surrendering our power. Do I have the self-respect to confront manipulation?<\/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-3f26031ad24cf38e8eeab54fedd00be5\"><strong><br>Giving my partner the silent treatment or a blast of sarcasm were ways of getting what I wanted, at one time. At their most extreme, they were a form of abuse. All forms of bullying stem from fear. Healthy relationships are not possible unless I am prepared to present my character honestly and show respect for the other person and myself.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p Remember Mindfulness \u2013 send positive thoughts Unhealthy relationships Relationships between two adults may begin as natural and harmless. But they quickly become toxic if one party seeks to control the arrangement. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1477\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,31,20],"tags":[11,28,27,30,26,33,32],"class_list":["post-1477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addiction-recovery-2","category-behavioural-addiction-2","category-daily-inspiration","category-living-skills","tag-addiction-recovery","tag-castle-craig","tag-connection","tag-daily-inspiration","tag-daily-reflections","tag-fellowship","tag-recovery-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}