Rhea J. (blkftsquaw) reviewed on + 145 more book reviews
Politics is a tough arena for someone carrying the burdens of substance abuse and depression. I spent too much time trying to hide. Now I know I cannot stifle the legitimate problems that assail me. I must address them. I must adopt a wider, wiser perspective and apply it to myself among others, rather than to others alone.
The demands for perfection that my mother extended were impossible for me to meet. I now know I cannot apply her exacting standards to my life. I know now I must take responsibility for my own actions, good or bad. Now I know the search for my mothers roots was, to a great extent, an attemp to establish some sort of identity for myself. What I didn't realize was, I had an identity, and along with it, I had an illness. I am aware of that illness and am attempting to deal with it head-on. .....
The demands for perfection that my mother extended were impossible for me to meet. I now know I cannot apply her exacting standards to my life. I know now I must take responsibility for my own actions, good or bad. Now I know the search for my mothers roots was, to a great extent, an attemp to establish some sort of identity for myself. What I didn't realize was, I had an identity, and along with it, I had an illness. I am aware of that illness and am attempting to deal with it head-on. .....
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