4 Secrets To Speaking Up And Getting Your Life Back

4 Secrets: How to speak up and get your life back

At times you're probably fed up doing things for the drinker or other people and feeling unappreciated and taken advantage of.

Imagine what it would be like to just feel valued.

You may struggle to speak up for fear of their response, repercussions or feeling guilty.

Just think how you'd feel being able to assertively say no, without feeling bad about it.

It's probably been a long time since you stopped worrying about others, and thought about you and your needs

Imagine no longer feeling that burden of responsibility for others

You've probably tried to say no, speak up and stand your ground, but you've struggled to be consistent

How long do you want to continue to put others first, compromising your own happiness?

How tired, fed up and frustrated are you going to let yourself get?

Boundaries! You've not been putting them in place, probably because you haven't thought about what's important to you and that you CAN say what you do and don't find acceptable.

Understanding your values and beliefs is a key part to putting boundaries in place, which help you to stop others from walking over you and helps you to speak up.

Once you identify where and with whom you struggle to say no to, you can look at any objections you have to saying no and understand why you haven't spoken up sooner. The problem comes when you believe that other people's needs are more important that you're own. Often the case for families of alcoholics.