Hi gneiss, hi Bam, nice to see you again!
Well, I wish I could say I am making progress, but sadly, not so much. Have not been going as crazy as often, but there have been what I might call 'Keith Richards moments'.
I'd love to have a live, real group to sit down and discuss all this with, free of dogma, father figures and bible-like books...sadly, no such groups exist, which srtrikes me as weird.
I get to feeling very alone, and something about real, live support really seems to a big help for me. I know that sounds funny. I'm not looking for validation, so much as company. I'm a social animal, a human, my avatar is a dog, after all. Left alone, I tend to go to pieces pretty quickly. After effects of being an only child who grew up in the wilderness, maybe, I dunno. But I really, really miss what I don't have: a lot of support, and hugs, and warmth.