Originally Posted by biminiblue

The counseling is going to be a little stressful, but you've already lived through the bad stuff. It's in the past.

I can't change the two pages of awful things that have happened to me. I just forgive myself and others as much as possible and as many times as necessary and look forward, not back.

It won't help to drink at it/him/them/her/stuff.

All of the past things are over. I have a 100% success rate at dealing with bad days.