Hello, my name is jolinda Please help me. Can you say prayers for me and my family, for protection and peace. Also, I am a recovering addict 
, I used drugs for 18 years of my life, I am 34 now, a have 87 days clean sober, drug and alcohol free! I live in sober living with 7 other women who are in the same boat as me. I just got a job 2 days ago, but whereas I’ve never worked a legit job in my entire life, I am worried because I have no experience, no confidence in myself and hardly any self esteem, I believe in God I believe in Jesus, I love them dearly but I am having a hard time loving myself. So I am asking for prayer for that. Thank u so much for your offer! Much love to you! Thank you again
I use to be a negative self talker. It began when I was a pre teen. As a believer I slowly stopped doing it, but I had practiced it so much that the negativity had become ingrained.
Then when I was 37 I met someone who really did a number on me. I had to do a lot of healing and self examination. One of the first things I learned was the Serenity Prayer.
One way I healed was through EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as the tapping method. If you want to try it, look up Brad Yates on you tube and just follow his lead. Its easy to do. From him I learned the mantra, “I fully and completely love, honor and accept myself.”
I used prayer beads to also practice repeating positive self statements, such as-
“I am safe.”
“I am loved.”
“I matter.”
“I have the right to exist.”
“I have the right to be here.”
“I have the right to the ground beneath my feet.”
“I am worthy of love.”
“I forgive myself.”
“I love me.”
I eventually began imagining God’s love surrounding me in a warm all encompassing light. Or just an image of someone holding me. Or the grown up me holding and loving my younger self. The practice really made a difference.
It’s not easy at first. But if you keep at it you begin to change your inner landscape.
