Reading though here, it warms my heart to see that some who have backed off from posting, may give it another try, and also offer support to the next codie who walks in the door.
I know that my posts are not always as gentle as they could be, sometimes because I am careless and sometimes because I know the member well enough to just shoot spades. But this is a good reminder for me too, that we are all here because we have walked to hell and back again and need to be among friends who understand, who hold us up when we cannot walk anymore, and who share their light until we can find ours again.
I love each one of you wonderful people, and am grateful that we found each other and have become "family". We may be dysfunctional but we sure know how to make a sorry heart laugh again, as we learn to accept ourselves and our circumstances and prepare to make our lives better.