Use the statements below to better understand your recovery and to help you develop your own list of goals.

• I acknowledge that something terrible happened to me.
• I am beginning to deal with my feelings about the crime.
• I am angry about what was done to me but recognize that my anger is not a constant part of my feelings. It intrudes into other parts of my life in a negative way.
• I can talk about the crime experience with an advocate at New Horizons Crisis Center, counselor, or therapist.
• I am beginning to understand my feelings about the crime.
• I can give responsibility for the crime to the person who victimized me. The responsibility is not mine to accept.
• I could not have prevented the crime, and I recognize that I did the best I could to get through it.
• I am developing a sense of my own self-value and am increasing my self-esteem.
• I am comfortable with choices I make for myself.
• I am developing a sense of being at ease with the subject of my crime.
•  I recognize that I have a choice about whether or not to forgive the offender(s).
• I recognize that I have begun to get back control in my life and that the offender(s) do not have power over me.
• I recognize that I have the right to regain control.

The Survivor’s Measure of Growth is from the New York City Task Force Against Sexual Assault.