Hold Your Tongue

[MajestyJo]

That is true, that is how I learned. I was very introverted when I came into recovery, if I spoke, no one could hear me. When I first started to share my story, people had to come up to the front of the room to hear. Even in today, my voice is quite soft and difficult to hear and over the years, I had to learn to project it. A lot had to do was because of abuse and being slapped if I didn't shut up when I was told. I wasn't allowed to talk, I was told I had nothing to say and anything I said wasn't worth hearing.

It took a long time to get over that and believe that it was okay to be me.