"When you accept and love parts of yourself that you deem unacceptable, a strange thing happens. Those parts start working with you instead of against you."
We can have compassion for people who are struggling with addiction without enabling them. As hard as this can be, that often means setting boundaries and letting them feel the consequences of their own actions.
"Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless. Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance. Your fear? It’s telling you what you care about. Your apathy? It’s telling you where you’re overextended and burnt out..."