15. DANGER
HALT is the acronym cherished by recovery experts – don’t allow yourself to get too HUNGRY ANGRY LONELY or TIRED Or you will no longer be in control of yourself. Your id will lash out, and based on past damage, you can imagine exactly how. There is something seductive about “giving up”. We can try to arrange our lives to void the Four Dangers, but how about the siren song of despair, especially when it promises longed-for abandon? There’ s no way around it – we have to start putting ourselves first. This is going to take practice; there’s a real prejudice in our society about people – especially women – who put themselves first. Think of the oxygen mask aboard the plane – if you can’t breathe, you can’t help anybody. “Self-care time” needs to go right on your calendar.
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