Newby here, desperate for some advice (thread 2)

[JRuss]

Thanks, EDF -- that's a great list.

GALing is definitely, far and away, the best thing I have going right now (other than the kids). I look better, feel better and, while I'm doing it, I don't stress and worry and get anxious like I do most all of every other part of my day.

I do struggle very much accepting that the marriage is "dead". I have not detached well at all yet. It seems impossible living in the same house, sleeping in the same bed, sharing a bathroom. If I can get to the place where I really accept that the marriage is dead, I feel like I'd be much further along my grief/healing continuum.