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Old 08-07-2012, 07:55 AM
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MrsKing
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Thanks for sharing.

I relate to this so much. I think I only realise that I do now (now that I'm over it) because before I would have read this and thought THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. I've accepted that the things I experience and feel are things that millions experience and feel, and I've realised since sober that absolutely nothing is unchangeable... I am in control, not 'fate' - if I feel unique in some negative way, like I'm hard done by because I'm anxious or stressed and NOBODY UNDERSTANDS, I remind myself that I'm the one getting myself into that situation and I'm the one who is going to get myself out of it... taking responsibility for feelings/actions/situations has come hand in hand with sobriety. I no longer feel helpless over 'unique' traits... I overcome them.

(PS - what it is with us alcoholics and stubbornness?! I'm still working on that one!)
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