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The pain stopped when I decided to stop it. For me, that meant ending my relationship. If Alanon and therapy aren't right for you, many people have done very well just with daily reading and posting on SR. The best thing about SR is it's available 24/7 and it's FREE. It doesn't get any better than that.
I was one of those women who spent 22 years in an intolerable relationship. I'm no longer the sad, lonely woman I used to be. The dream never ended for me because it never began. How could I mourn something that never existed?
Magical thinking kept me stuck in a miserable relationship. Dealing with reality isn't as romantic or dreamy as magical thinking, but it's a much healthier way to live.
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"Get busy living or get busy dying." --Shawshank Redemption
"Do I want to live while I'm alive and embrace what sustains me or do I want to die while I'm alive and embrace what destroys me?--Geneen Roth
"The bare minimum my partner needs to give me is 100%."--Wpgwoman
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