Today I had the opportunity to tell my story to a group of women. My story being what has recovery been like for me and how I got to where I am today.
I enjoy getting up and talking in front of others. I like being able to share my experience but today I found myself changing my story to illicit the particular reaction that I wanted from my audience. As I was speaking I was quickly making judgements about what I thought my audience was thinking and changed my story to fit what I thought they wanted so it was no longer totally my story or speaking my truth.
After I told my story I had the opportunity to hear the women who were listening share some of their story. It shouldn't surprise me that I was completely wrong about my assumptions about the women I was talking to. I should know by now that the story that I tell should be my story because there is no judgement about it when it comes to recovery.
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