We will discover that we are both, worthy of love and loving. We will love others without losing ourselves, and will learn to accept love in return.

• What does this mean to you?
• If you had read or heard this statement when you had just arrived in Al-Anon, what would you have thought of it?
  • would you have made sense of it at all?
  • would you have believed it could be true for you?
  • Did parts of that statement seem true already? Which parts and why?
• What does it mean to you
  • To be worthy of love?
  • To be worthy of loving?
  • To love without losing yourself?
  • To accept love?
• As you have traveled your recovery path, how has your understanding of this statement changed?
  • Are there parts you thought were true that you came to see were not true?
  • Did parts of it start to make sense?
  • Did you find a deeper understanding of parts of it?
  • Did you see that this was true of others in the program, and come to want it for yourself?
• How do you see this gift coming true in your life today?
• What progress do you still look forward to?
• What would you say to a newcomer who can’t believe this could ever come true in their own life?

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Mentioned in the show

Episode 77 Why I came to Al-Anon. Why I stay?

Episode 65 Hope

Swetha and Kelli's goodbye letter.

Music from the show

Sara McLachlan: I will Remember you

Miranda Cosgrove: Hey You

Mary Lambert: Body Love

Trigger warning: self-harm