How did I become such a martyr, sacrificing my own well-being as I tried to change and take care of others? As I listen to the committee in my head, I hear and understand the woman who raised me also had in her head the voice of a martyr. The church community I was raised in valued acts of self-sacrifice…
*The Daily Reading is an extract from the SESH Book which forms part of Nar-Anon’s official literature. To order this book and others, please use this link.