Part of my journey
as a recovering ACOA is trying to become more transparent. This isn’t easily. Growing up under a cloud of shame and pain caused
my heart to become hard as a child. I
pretended my father was not an embarrassing ‘fall down’ drunk. I did this by ignoring him as much as
possible. And to the outside world, I
pretended that my family life was ‘normal’.
This façade followed me into adulthood and became a metaphorical mask
that I have wore for decades.
I now trying to
live my life with an unveiled face. This
process is hard because it requires me to be exposed; not pretending, not
acting like I’ve got it all together, not watering down where I have been, or
like it was no big deal. Although I want
to change, I still struggle in many areas in my life. But through prayer I know I will be
victorious.
Hi, I’m Liz
Hawkins and I’m a recovering Adult Child of an Alcoholic.
#ACoAAwareness
@TrinityUniv
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