Greetings and blessings to all,

I have been thinking about Divine Purpose and Destiny and how co-sex addiction and recovery healing relates to this. There is a significant connection, I believe, and I want to share my perspective here.

The journey of 12-step recovery requires that we descend into our pain, our addictions, our herstory and history and make amends to ourselves and others. In 12-step recovery, an important tenet is making a list of those we have harmed and being willing to make amends to them. We also learn to include ourselves on this list and our greatest amends to ourselves is often living addiction-free and sober lives; from all our addictive behaviors and beliefs.

When we authentically go within and take responsibility for our own addictive behaviors, our unhealthy dependencies, our chronic judgment, criticism and blaming of others and begin to allow light on our own defects of character, woundedness and shame-filled shadows, we welcome TRANSFORMATION.

In the surrender and opening of ourselves to the places we most deeply wish to hide and keep secret, there is miraculous healing and spiritual cleansing that happens. The extent to which we are authentically vulnerable in our surrendering and openness to Spiritual healing in these darkest of places is the extent to which we are given profound and transformational restoration. Our deepest wounds become our greatest gifts.

This is how, in my humble opinion, we connect with our Divine Purpose and Destiny. As we consciously surrender of our pain and addictive behaviors, we enter into an opportunity to be of service to others. In the honoring of these wounds and the release and openness to Goddess/God/Divine Creator/Spirit, our unique gifts of healing emerge. These gifts become a service and contribution to others.

Breathe this in. Hold these places of addiction and hurt as sacred. Allow Divine Spirit to transform these painful places within to gifts of wisdom and understanding for yourself and others.

Blessings to you on your journey as a Gifted and Wounded Healer,

Sally