Faith, Hope and Charity…
In that order, describes my steps towards full and continued recovery.
My first sign of a possible recovery was having faith in Ashok’s theories. The Gupta Program all made so much sense to me. Having lived pretty well addicted to my own adrenaline throughout so many years of battling against the odds in lots of different ways, it came as no surprise that my amygdala/insula were stuck in the FFF cycle. Within a couple of weeks of starting the Gupta Program I believed I had a chance to break that cycle.
This gave me hope for the first time in ages.
Those 2 together, faith and hope, sustained me through my rollercoaster ride of my recovery journey.
Charity towards myself took longer.
It was always normal for me to care about others, both people I know and strangers, both animals and plants, all forms of life and nature, the universe: everything except myself in fact.
I still felt I wanted to please others first, not realising that being me was enough. More than enough in fact.
Being myself and caring for myself, loving myself has enabled me to grow calm and stay calm, no pressures to achieve or please people. If I do achieve and/or please people, that is an added bonus.
Being true to ourselves gives us strength and wellbeing, which helps us to care for others, without damaging our own health.
This is true charity I believe.
