Affirmations
Inner Child Affirmations
- I love my Inner Child unconditionally.
- I will protect my Inner Child to the best of my ability.
- I will take time to listen to my Inner Child and to follow through on promises.
- I will integrate my Inner Child into my life through play, creativity, and spirituality.
- I will take time to become my own Loving Parent.
Affirmations to be Repeated Each Day
- It is okay to know who I am.
- It is okay to trust myself.
- It is okay to say I am an adult child.
- It is okay to know another way to live.
- It is okay to say no without feeling guilty.
- It is okay to give myself a break.
- It is okay to cry when I watch a movie or hear a song.
- My feelings are okay even if I am still learning how to distinguish them.
- It is okay to not take care of others when I think.
- It is okay to feel angry.
- It is okay to have fun and celebrate.
- It is okay to make mistakes and learn.
- It is okay to not know everything.
- It is okay to say “I don’t know.”
- It is okay to ask someone to show me how to do things.
- It is okay to dream and have hope.
- It is okay to think about things differently than my family.
- It is okay to explore and say, “I like this or I like that.”
- It is okay to detach with love.
- It is okay to seek my own Higher Power.
- It is okay to reparent myself with thoughtfulness.
- It is okay to say I love myself.
- It is okay to work an ACA program.
Source: pp. 328-330 of The Big Red Book of Adult Children of Alcoholics