iwllbd1, First, let me say "Welcome." Second, let me say how sorry I am that you are here. Third, let me congratulate you on taking the initiative to buy some reading material and help yourself instead of just wallowing in your pity. Fourth, relax. You have stumbled into the best place to be right now. This forum is full of folks just like yourself. Lost, hurt and don't know what to do. Heck, I am one of them.
Please understand, when applied properly, the techniques you read about do work. This program is not a "one size fits all," but it does work if you pay close attention to how you use it. So, have some faith and follow the instructions. You will start to see some positive progress, I promise.
Over the next couple of days, you will probably be bombarded with replies from folks on here trying to help. Read their replies. Every single day that I come here, I find some wisdom or some guidance that I can use in my own situation. Over time, you will find that your situation is not unique at all. And, that is a good thing because you should not feel alone in this. We are all going through this together. Take some time and read my original post. It was entitled, "I failed miserably." It is kind of long, but read my opening post. Not only will you see that our situations are very similar, you might also notice they have followed the same time line. Heck, I got a chill just reading your story because it was so close to mine.
None the less, you might here from Denver, 2stepboogie, Lostandscared, Dixiegal, Onestep, MJ144 and many others. They are all good people who are going through the same thing.
Please, spend some time here. It will help. I came here very skeptical. Now, I am a believer!!
Good luck, my man. Just remember, with a situation like this, the only easy day was yesterday. Keep your chin up!
Fellonblackdays
Me: 39 W: 36 T: 15 yrs M: 9 yrs S: 09/10
So you can get on with your search, baby And I can get on with mine And maybe someday we will find, That it wasn't really wasted time...