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Nina Kay · 08-08-2011, 10:52 AM

I had to start over again today, with remembering to take my vitamins. I've allowed myself to get off track once again. I'm so easily distracted or overwhelmed or discouraged with everything. I also hope to start taking my walking seriously again today. I have been walking some days with my husband who found out that he has diabetes & a few other medical problems that requires him to walk daily. We are trying but everyday life keeps throwing us curves. I don't know, maybe we'll be able to get it going regularly eventually. But in the meantime, I have to walk & since I don't work outside the home, I'm gonna go back to walking some during the day, instead of waiting for him. I can still walk with him too when we get it together. Maybe it'll work out better for me this way. Who knows?! Here goes..........

LifeRecovery · 08-08-2011, 05:55 PM

Self care is so hard. I still struggle at times (especially when I get busy). For me it was this kind of stuff that has been hanging on for me. I love the Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie about this kind of stuff and it helps me. Progress not perfection.

Best of luck.

Nina Kay · 08-10-2011, 03:03 PM

Thanks LR for your encouragement & understanding. I really do need to get that book & read it. It's been suggested to me for years now, pertaining to other reasons.

I started walking yesterday. I walked 35 minutes outside. I plan on walking at least that much again today. I also took my vitamins yesterday & today. Maybe I'm slowly getting back on track. I'm still having trouble with my sleeping patterns & overeating. I've got to get better & healthier. Good luck to you LR.

LifeRecovery · 08-10-2011, 08:36 PM

It is a daily reader. You only have to read one day at a time.

As recovery for me has progressed these items have gotten better. Often for me now they are a signal of when something is wrong that I need to go back and look at.

I am reading a book by a woman named Jenni Schafer on ED stuff and really like it. She has a unique perspective and it is about recovery vs the hard stuff of being in the ED. It gives me hope (she has a couple of books and a new CD out on ED recovery).

Nina Kay · 08-10-2011, 09:11 PM

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas of recovery literature. I don't think anyone ever said that the first book you mentioned was a daily reader. I will really like that. Thank you again.

By the way, I did walk 35 minutes outside again this evening. Two days in a row is a good re-start, I think.

Neagrm · 08-12-2011, 07:04 AM

Nina, 2 days in a row is awesome. And 35 minutes is a lot to start!

The Beattie book, LOLG, is very good and I read it frequently. There are daily posts from it on this site somewhere, but don't remember right now where I came across them. A lot of good insight and inspiration there.

I'm not doing well myself, but won't give up...

Neagrm · 08-12-2011, 07:50 AM

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...etting-go.html (Healing - The Language of Letting Go)

There it is; found it in "Adult Children" forum. Ann posts it...

Neagrm · 08-12-2011, 08:45 AM

I meant, "Substance Abuse..." forum

Nina Kay · 08-12-2011, 11:16 AM

Thank you Nea. It's good to hear from you. I did walk for 40 min. last night. I'm supposed to go stay with my sister for a few days & she said that she will walk with me while I'm there. Also, I've taken my vitamins just now today. I am trying to do better one day at a time, but I am struggling. I'm so sorry to hear that you are struggling too. I'm glad that you're not giving up. My stinkin' thinkin' says that it would be so much easier to just sit down & just forget it all. I know that would not be true for real. I would just feel worse & worse & get more & more unhealthy, mentally & physically. So we're pickin' ourselves back up, again & again. I think I can... I think I can.... I think I can.... I know I can..... I know I can...... I know I can..... I can !!!! I'm doing it !!!!

**Pony** · 08-12-2011, 09:10 PM

hugs, nina. just keep going on to the next right thing even if there was a little stumble. it's no where close to being over!!! you can do it lady, one moment, one day at a time.

well, i need to start again. i had myself a small dessert tonight. i have not been bingeing out on os's, so i'm not too worried about my small dessert, but in keeping with the challenge here, i wanted to be upfront.

**Pony** · 08-13-2011, 11:30 PM

ok sorry nina, i was responding to you here on this thread of yours but then forgot where i was.... i mean that i wasn't on the os free thread. these darn pain meds make me loopy which is why i haven't been posting much.

so please forgive me. keep up the good work on you...don't give up, just keep going forward when you feel you have stumbled a bit.

08-08-2011, 10:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nina Kay Still Standing Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here @ SR. Posts: 3,133	Hi All. I had to start over again today, with remembering to take my vitamins. I've allowed myself to get off track once again. I'm so easily distracted or overwhelmed or discouraged with everything. I also hope to start taking my walking seriously again today. I have been walking some days with my husband who found out that he has diabetes & a few other medical problems that requires him to walk daily. We are trying but everyday life keeps throwing us curves. I don't know, maybe we'll be able to get it going regularly eventually. But in the meantime, I have to walk & since I don't work outside the home, I'm gonna go back to walking some during the day, instead of waiting for him. I can still walk with him too when we get it together. Maybe it'll work out better for me this way. Who knows?! Here goes.......... __________________ Acceptance is key to my Serenity. Nina Kay

08-10-2011, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nina Kay Still Standing Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here @ SR. Posts: 3,133	Thanks LR for your encouragement & understanding. I really do need to get that book & read it. It's been suggested to me for years now, pertaining to other reasons. I started walking yesterday. I walked 35 minutes outside. I plan on walking at least that much again today. I also took my vitamins yesterday & today. Maybe I'm slowly getting back on track. I'm still having trouble with my sleeping patterns & overeating. I've got to get better & healthier. Good luck to you LR. __________________ Acceptance is key to my Serenity. Nina Kay

08-10-2011, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nina Kay Still Standing Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here @ SR. Posts: 3,133	Thank you so much for sharing your ideas of recovery literature. I don't think anyone ever said that the first book you mentioned was a daily reader. I will really like that. Thank you again. By the way, I did walk 35 minutes outside again this evening. Two days in a row is a good re-start, I think. __________________ Acceptance is key to my Serenity. Nina Kay

08-12-2011, 11:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nina Kay Still Standing Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here @ SR. Posts: 3,133	Thank you Nea. It's good to hear from you. I did walk for 40 min. last night. I'm supposed to go stay with my sister for a few days & she said that she will walk with me while I'm there. Also, I've taken my vitamins just now today. I am trying to do better one day at a time, but I am struggling. I'm so sorry to hear that you are struggling too. I'm glad that you're not giving up. My stinkin' thinkin' says that it would be so much easier to just sit down & just forget it all. I know that would not be true for real. I would just feel worse & worse & get more & more unhealthy, mentally & physically. So we're pickin' ourselves back up, again & again. I think I can... I think I can.... I think I can.... I know I can..... I know I can...... I know I can..... I can !!!! I'm doing it !!!! __________________ Acceptance is key to my Serenity. Nina Kay

08-12-2011, 09:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pony Forum Leader Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: trail of discovery Posts: 2,514	hugs, nina. just keep going on to the next right thing even if there was a little stumble. it's no where close to being over!!! you can do it lady, one moment, one day at a time. well, i need to start again. i had myself a small dessert tonight. i have not been bingeing out on os's, so i'm not too worried about my small dessert, but in keeping with the challenge here, i wanted to be upfront. __________________ "Failure is an EVENT, it is not a person – yesterday really did end last night, and today is your brand new day..." .........unknown The sun always rises, and a new day begins.

08-08-2011, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
LifeRecovery Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: All over the place Posts: 1,843	Self care is so hard. I still struggle at times (especially when I get busy). For me it was this kind of stuff that has been hanging on for me. I love the Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie about this kind of stuff and it helps me. Progress not perfection. Best of luck.

08-10-2011, 08:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
LifeRecovery Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: All over the place Posts: 1,843	It is a daily reader. You only have to read one day at a time. As recovery for me has progressed these items have gotten better. Often for me now they are a signal of when something is wrong that I need to go back and look at. I am reading a book by a woman named Jenni Schafer on ED stuff and really like it. She has a unique perspective and it is about recovery vs the hard stuff of being in the ED. It gives me hope (she has a couple of books and a new CD out on ED recovery).

08-12-2011, 07:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Neagrm Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 350	Nina, 2 days in a row is awesome. And 35 minutes is a lot to start! The Beattie book, LOLG, is very good and I read it frequently. There are daily posts from it on this site somewhere, but don't remember right now where I came across them. A lot of good insight and inspiration there. I'm not doing well myself, but won't give up...

08-12-2011, 07:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Neagrm Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 350	http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...etting-go.html (Healing - The Language of Letting Go) There it is; found it in "Adult Children" forum. Ann posts it...

08-12-2011, 08:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
Neagrm Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 350	I meant, "Substance Abuse..." forum

08-13-2011, 11:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Pony Forum Leader Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: trail of discovery Posts: 2,514	ok sorry nina, i was responding to you here on this thread of yours but then forgot where i was.... i mean that i wasn't on the os free thread. these darn pain meds make me loopy which is why i haven't been posting much. so please forgive me. keep up the good work on you...don't give up, just keep going forward when you feel you have stumbled a bit. __________________ "Failure is an EVENT, it is not a person – yesterday really did end last night, and today is your brand new day..." .........unknown The sun always rises, and a new day begins.

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