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Love Over Addiction

What's the Difference Between Good Boundaries & Poor Boundaries?

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Having good, healthy boundaries in place versus poor, unrealistic boundaries can make all the difference in our personal, spiritual, and physical lives. Having boundaries is important (especially when loving someone suffering from addiction), but boundaries can be confusing. What is a good boundary, some of us might be wondering?

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Hi. Today we're going to be talking about what's the difference between good

0:06.4

boundaries and poor boundaries. Having good healthy boundaries in place versus poor unrealistic boundaries can make all the difference in our personal, spiritual, and physical lives.

0:22.0

Having boundaries is important, especially when loving someone's suffering from addiction.

0:29.7

But boundaries can be confusing. What is a good boundary?

0:34.0

Some of us might be wondering.

0:36.0

Just the idea of boundaries can be scary.

0:40.0

Perhaps we're afraid of upsetting people

0:42.0

and we don't want to damage our relationships.

0:45.5

These feelings of confusion and fear are totally normal

0:50.1

when it comes to navigating boundaries.

0:53.0

So today, we're going to keep it short and simple

0:56.0

by defining boundaries and then providing some examples.

1:02.0

So let's start off with the basics. Boundaries are all about defining what is and

1:09.9

what is not okay with our personal behavior and how we choose to react to other people's behavior.

1:19.0

That is not a definition that you will find anywhere else.

1:23.0

I've made it up.

1:24.7

So take it or leave it.

1:25.8

I'm sure there are other good ones out there too.

1:28.6

But that's my version.

1:30.3

We are responsible for defining and defending our own personal boundaries by respecting ourselves first.

1:41.0

And that allows us to respect others.

1:46.2

So to keep it simple,

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