One of the Intentions & Guiding Principles of She Recovers is "We understand that the practice of radical self-love is paramount to our well-being." An earlier version of the principles posited that radical self-care was paramount, but in our last revision, we decided to ramp that up a bit. The reason?
Because for so many of us in recovery, the thought of self-love makes us uncomfortable. There was no way I could embrace self-love in the first year or two of my recovery; I was too used to wearing self-loathing as a cloak.
If the idea of self-love is too much for you to fathom in this moment, that's okay. Trust me: stay in recovery and you'll get there.
In the meantime, can you practice radical self-like? Think of three things that you like about yourself.
Write them down on a sticky note and put it on your bathroom mirror. Keep thinking up things that you like about yourself; love for them and for yourself will follow.