Hi TMI, I'm so glad that I might have helped you in some way with some of the things I posted.
I haven't read your thread, but will try to check it out when I have a little more time. I'm encouraged to hear that whatever you've been going through, that you're "hopeful".
I am very much on a personal journey, and I don't know where it will all lead.
Not too sure what you mean when you talked about my posting here as a "potential relapse trigger".
Perhaps you mean that in some way, I might be using this site as a way of "acting out". Or maybe an internet addiction.
Though it's certainly true that I have been using the resources in DR and on this board as a "crutch" or aid, I do not look at that in a negative light. Just as I look on my 12 step meetings and my individual counselling as tools toward true change and self improvement, I see the huge value in sharing and listening to other people's experiences and comments here.
It is instrumental in my ablilty to maintain faith, hope, and strength through the course of these trials. I don't think that any situation is black or white. There are so many shades of gray between, and for me, it's about knowing how to go about getting closer to my goals.
I just don't want to get it wrong. I have to be committed to following through, and knowing that ultimately, I have done all that I could to the very best of my ability.
me: 45 w: 43 Married 19yrs Separated 6 months 2 children Bomb April2008 OM/EA May 2008. Not filed yet.