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Old 03-12-2009, 05:21 AM
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tallulah
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Hi peas.. and welcome...

Your story is very similar to mine. For a year I too lived like this. The A was in AA but I wasn't in Al-Anon. What I did was detach. All very good, but it was an unhealthy detachment. Something triggered me and I went into my fortress, pulled up the drawbridge and released the crocodiles into the moat. I stopped feeling and became distant. I was living like a robot. Functioning (barely) but that was it.

But then I hit my emotional rock bottom. It has had consequences on my relationship which are sad and difficult, but it has also had a good consequence. It led me to Al-Anon.

Now.. I'm a work in progress. I'm feeling again: not always a good thing and often painful, but I'm feeling. Whats more, I'm starting to appreciate those feelings and I'm getting the tools to deal with them.

I'm so glad you have found SR. Keep coming back.. :ghug
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