After I disclosed my first memory, my first question was "What are the stages of recovery?
Links to potential stages of recovery:
7 Steps of recovery from sexual abuse.
( more to come )
Over time I found myself developing different stages of recovery ( links above)
and even asking if there are stages of recovery.
In the end I felt I am walking along my journey of recovery.
sometimes surveying and cutting my path through the bush.
I found repentance from sin to be a sure foundation.
when God convicts me of my sin.
( His voice in my conscience )
however repentance is not conforming to social norms
or others expectations.
Paul warns us in Galations 5 v 1 best to read to verse 25
That Christ has set us free.to stand firm in our freedom in Christ.
and not to be entangled in religous obligations
eg Christians are not required to be circumcised. .
trusting in the Lord to light our path.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not to your own understanding
in all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will direct your paths" Prov 3 verse 6
a brother in Christ said
"recovery from sexual abuse is a sub section of sanctification"
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One posability
is to adapt the AA 12 steps
except recovery from
sexual trauma
a recovering from
what was done to us