And here I am .... H's MLC ....

[PEI]

G'morning all!

I'm up on my own two feet, dusted off and PMA rebuilt

Thanks for telling me what I needed to hear, I think I'd be in the looney bin by now if it weren't for you guys ... knowing y'all have either been through it or are going through it makes me feel not so lonely.

Lets see now ... who first ...

Grace_O: Great idea ... used it yesterday when I saw him for minute ... just said "I'm workin' on that" and left it at that.

fudwoman: Thanks girlfriend! Nice 2x4, and as Jack said - your credibility is just fine!

does the action, behavior etc. I'm about to do move me closer to detachment or closer to being invested in a particular outcome - if it's the latter - don't do it - change course

This is awesome ... and I knew it, but reading it really made a difference.

Jack:

Avoid crazy town in the future

Yes sir! No arguments here! And you are soooo right ...

If you are going to drive through crazy town...at least do it because there are no other options...not because you read the map wrong.

Yeah ... no kidding eh ... spinnin' stuff in my own head ... certainly not the most helpful behaviour! I need to learn to deal in facts, period! And even then ... mostly ignore them! One of the most helpful things I read was ....

Even now...I think about the OM...every now and then. 4 years later.

I am sure I think about him more than my wife does.

Reminds me that I'm not crazy and healing happens in stages ... and that all of it is perfectly normal.

Eric:

You may be thinking that you cannot recover from the backslide. Well guess what YOU WILL!

I was! And I am ... thanks!

TG: lmao!

Did he just call you some kind of root vegetable?

Whatever it is it doesn't sound like a compliment...