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09-06-2006, 09:15 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Welcome to SR.... Why dont you tell us a little about yourself, I look forward to getting to know you!
__________________ Cynay "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein |
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09-06-2006, 09:36 AM
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| In the Center of the Roof  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Hi Cynay, You're in Phoenix! We're neihbors. =) Tell you about myself, hmmmm. I'm an alcoholic, sobriety date April 24, 05. I have a sponsor, am a sponsor, go to meetings, do service work. I'm active in the YPAA community and love the conferences. Hoping to spend New Year's and my belly-button birthday in Seattle for a young people's convention, where we're bidding to bring the 07 conference to Tucson. On a personal level, 3 months ago I was heading back from Prescott where there was a young people's conference and I lost the vision in my right eye. Long story short, we drove straight to Tucson and to the ER, where I was given an MRI and diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Not an easy diagnosis, and for the first 5 minutes I thought I'd drink it away. Luckily I realized that drinking would only make it worse, and have been able to stay sober through all this. I now have a neurologist, and give myself injections every other day to keep the MS from flairing up as much. Before I found a purpose to all this, I was getting pretty depressed. I'm unable to work right now as I adjust to treatment. I'll have to find a whole new line of work. I used to draw blood but now I don't trust my hands. So I'm soul searching and praying for guidence for my next careeer choice. It's been a bumpy road, but a worthwhile road nonetheless. I have a wonderful man in my life, who was in a relationship with me back in high school, and then again a few years ago, until he left me because I was raging alcoholic. We've just gotten back together. He was with me through the whole diagnosis, and loves the fact that the old me is back due to my sobriety. I'm just trudging along, finding my path, loving every minute of it. I guess that's me in a nutshell. =)
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09-06-2006, 09:51 AM
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Wow.... My hat off to you... that is a pretty amazing story hon. You should be so proud of yourself, Im not so sure I would have your strength. Im not an Alcoholic but my Codependance and enabling were probaby just a crazy. Im also in recovery and working on hard on myself. Yep we are neighbors... there are some great meeting over here too.
__________________ Cynay "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein |
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09-06-2006, 10:09 AM
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| In the Center of the Roof Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ
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I have a daily meditations book for women, it's called Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey. It's great for women in recovery. I try to read it every day. It's really got some empowering passages.
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