Things I am grateful for today

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Post by Joseph » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:36 am

Bus so I could vent today about my T
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Post by Sheliya » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:29 pm

For a best friend who doesn't mind if I talk with her about my SI struggles, who listens with compassion, and then says, "If you lose a battle, remember that doesn't mean you've lost the war."
How did you know that I'm all alone today
Oh I feel so scared and I want to go away
I bleed so deep underneath
My soul is screaming
I'm not gonna hide, I'm not gonna run away
I'll uncover the scars, and show you every mistake
Your love has mended my blisters and my bruising shame
Now I'm not ashamed.
Here with you I am safe


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Post by Spidey » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:40 pm

Sleep.
there is, in the end, the letting go.
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Post by Stellaria » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:37 pm

I'm grateful for
- getting along so well with my kids
- my pdoc who returns calls promptly
- comfortable slippers
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Post by Joseph » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:56 pm

Having a staff at work that give me space when I get to be too much of a pain in the ass but don't hold it against me.
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Post by vampirelover » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:47 pm

no tutorial today :D
longest with no slips - 2 years , 6 months
time since last slip : 2 days

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Post by VowsOfSadness » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:08 am

getting stuff done.

self-discovery.

taking a chance.

:D
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I always love a :lpurpstar:

I woke up this morning, I suddenly realized we're all in this together.

Drop by my place & say hi :)
Ask me anything!!!

I'm fully Recovered!

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Post by Joseph » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:14 am

Getting through today without any work emergencies that will ruminate in my head until Monday.

Feeling like I actually worked for a change. I am beat. I even at a salad for lunch today. It was not the end of the world. Go figure.
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Post by lucky_lenny » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:34 pm

I am grateful that I'm okay again now :lblstar:
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Post by Joseph » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:07 pm

I am grateful to be a survivor and not one that quit SU because I almost believed I had no future except being an offender or a out of control sex addict sinking in to vile of ever degrading porn.

I learned that those outcomes are the rare exceptions not the norm. You would believe like I did as a child based on the frame of reference based on what TV teaches male sexually abused children when they grow up.

Sorry I just could not leave what I originally wrote it was vague, ungrateful and incomprehensible. That and unfair to dogs. I love my puppy.
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Post by VowsOfSadness » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:25 pm

Medicine. Because when I actually take it it actually works.
*Challenges welcome*
I always love a :lpurpstar:

I woke up this morning, I suddenly realized we're all in this together.

Drop by my place & say hi :)
Ask me anything!!!

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Post by zombiepeople » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:38 am

I've managed to make it through the day without SIing...that's basically all unfortunently, but at least it's something.
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Post by Thelandri » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:41 pm

I'm grateful that I managed to not cry during lessons today.
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen.

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Post by Joseph » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:53 am

I am grateful that I did not need to text my T within minutes of leaving her office this time.
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Post by zombiepeople » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:09 am

I managed not to fly off the handle when a friend asked me if I had SIed today (as it really irritates me when someone asks that).
"Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song?"
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Post by Joseph » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:11 am

I am grateful that when my resolve collapsed yesterday I asked for help instead of hide.
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Post by Joseph » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:07 pm

Not feeling grateful but today I will act as if my way into feeling grateful
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I have a BUS family now :)
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Post by vampirelover » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:46 pm

i got the drug talk over and done with
longest with no slips - 2 years , 6 months
time since last slip : 2 days

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Post by Joseph » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:02 pm

Thankful I don't have to give the drug talk any more since my daughters are now 18 and older. And the Sex talk OMG I just wanted to crawl under the bed and hide.

:argggh:
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Post by zombiepeople » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:33 am

I have amazing friends who will always be there for me when i need them
"Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song?"
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