I agree with Kaffe about the boundaries.

The most effective ones for me, have been ones that I haven't tried to 'speak'.

When I decided I would no longer listen to the spew, every time it started, I walked into the other room. At first, he followed, then he stopped, then eventually, the spew stopped.



"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox