Standing up

I stood up for myself. I have re-acquainted myself with a close friend and we're growing closer again, I feel. I could be wrong. I digress. So when I was at friend 1's house talking to them about their situation, they said 'do you value yourself? your whole self? does your other friend value all of you?'



So I'm at other friend's home Saturday night and we are talking, cuddling and I got scared. I told him that I don't regret 'being with him' last time but I do not want to go there again til I'm dating someone. It's too important. He didn't freak or kick me out of his house. In fact I was there another 3 hours. We talked, cuddled, kissed, talked more. He was being protective of me. I scared myself standing up for me but I'm proud of me for setting that boundary, for honoring me, myself and I. It's critically important, you learn in the recovery process, to stand up for yourself, by yourself, to love, care about, respect and value yourself enough to draw lines and oboundaries and to go 'uh uh' when it's necessary. We stood up for me. :)