how did you pick your username.....
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how did you pick your username.....
How did you pick your name and would you now change if you could?
I picked my name the day my little neighborhood boyfriend (3 1/2 and so darn cute) picked a flower for me. The pedals were already dying and I sat with him and did the old "he loves me, he loves me not."
It ended with he loved me not. I hugged and tickled him said What??? You love me NOT!! He said "oh, but I do." (already the charmer, lol).
I came inside with the one pedal flower in my hand, thought about my husband and started to cry.....I thought "he loves me not" and joined SR for help. I don't even remember how I found this site.
At the time, I still believed....if he really loved me, he wouldn't take pills! I was told addiction had nothing to do with his love for me but I still didn't understand.
Would I change my name...if I could? Maybe! I hate how codependent my thinking was (and still is in many ways) .....but it's also a good reminder of what I don't want to be.
P.S. When I read a post saying "An active addict is incapable of love with another person, they only love their drugs" - I went to my first Alanon meeting! Probably to try and prove that post wrong.
I picked my name the day my little neighborhood boyfriend (3 1/2 and so darn cute) picked a flower for me. The pedals were already dying and I sat with him and did the old "he loves me, he loves me not."
It ended with he loved me not. I hugged and tickled him said What??? You love me NOT!! He said "oh, but I do." (already the charmer, lol).
I came inside with the one pedal flower in my hand, thought about my husband and started to cry.....I thought "he loves me not" and joined SR for help. I don't even remember how I found this site.
At the time, I still believed....if he really loved me, he wouldn't take pills! I was told addiction had nothing to do with his love for me but I still didn't understand.
Would I change my name...if I could? Maybe! I hate how codependent my thinking was (and still is in many ways) .....but it's also a good reminder of what I don't want to be.
P.S. When I read a post saying "An active addict is incapable of love with another person, they only love their drugs" - I went to my first Alanon meeting! Probably to try and prove that post wrong.
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"Every day I drive by a little white church
It's got these little white crosses like angels in the yard
Maybe I should stop on in and say a prayer
Maybe talk to God like he is there
Oh, I know He's there, yeah, I know He's there
Well, HELLO WORLD, how've you been?
Good to see you, my old friend
Sometimes I feel as cold as steel
And broken like I'm never gonna heal
I see a light, little grace, little faith unfurl
Well, hello world
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It's got these little white crosses like angels in the yard
Maybe I should stop on in and say a prayer
Maybe talk to God like he is there
Oh, I know He's there, yeah, I know He's there
Well, HELLO WORLD, how've you been?
Good to see you, my old friend
Sometimes I feel as cold as steel
And broken like I'm never gonna heal
I see a light, little grace, little faith unfurl
Well, hello world
Lady Antebellum
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The real Hevyn is spelled 'Heaven' and she's my English Mastiff. I tried to use that name, but someone supposedly already was using it (though I've never seen him/her). I was drinking that night & just wanted to register and quickly leave 
. So I just spelled it differently. Yes, I'd like to change it to something more meaningful.
. So I just spelled it differently. Yes, I'd like to change it to something more meaningful.
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I've been playing guitar for a long, long time. And the guy that inspired me to play is this guy. His symbol? ZoSo...
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well I have used for star for usernames on other sites, which shall remain anonymous 
, but the lonely I added because thats how i was feeling when i joined this site, i have changed i dont feel lonely anymore but no i wouldnt change it anyway....
, but the lonely I added because thats how i was feeling when i joined this site, i have changed i dont feel lonely anymore but no i wouldnt change it anyway....
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Someone told me once that I have kind eyes.....I thought that was a nice thing to say. And yes......my eyes are very green and yes......I wear green eyeshadow (not exactly that neon shade however....a wee bit more subtle). But there are more WRINKLES around my eyes;-) ummm...laugh lines! (And my husband might tell you that this Irish gal's green eyes can also throw daggers.)
Would I change it? I don't think so. I told someone in a thread the other day that I'm glad I was in a decent mood when I signed on SR for the first time. It could have been "Anxiousanddying" or "Myheartsgoingtostop" or "Savemyson" or "Saveme" or "Iwannathrowup" or any number of other very desperate user names! lol
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Would I change it? I don't think so. I told someone in a thread the other day that I'm glad I was in a decent mood when I signed on SR for the first time. It could have been "Anxiousanddying" or "Myheartsgoingtostop" or "Savemyson" or "Saveme" or "Iwannathrowup" or any number of other very desperate user names! lol
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Well....there's this marvelous movie about several women in the south. I am willing to bet that most of you are familiar with it....if not, I'm so sorry! It's just too cha-cha for words! It depicts the strength beneath the delicacy that is woman. The pleasure and pain intertwined to make us who we are. As women, we must endure tremendous pain and stand strong like steel yet remain soft and supple like the petals of a magnolia flower that turn brown when touched by human hands. Good love, mags
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I was ...heartbroken.. When I came to SR. I do wish I could now change my name. To something stronger, more resilient, less pathetic. On the other hand, my username reminds me of how far ive come so I guess I'll keep it.
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Originally Posted by suki44883 
LOL! Okay. My next guess was Alvin Lee. 
Although, Zoso, are you SURE it isn't Zofo?
My user name is just my childhood nickname - my mom used to call me Lyssabee, and it stuck.
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haha, good question...and it is fun to read all the responses
I just threw my real name up in lights because at the time I was just SO done with anything resembling even a hint of eggshell...I was so about honesty and transparency at that moment that I could not even consider an avatar name, I just needed the simple reality of who I was and what was happening in my world...
wow, that night seems a long time ago
I just threw my real name up in lights because at the time I was just SO done with anything resembling even a hint of eggshell...I was so about honesty and transparency at that moment that I could not even consider an avatar name, I just needed the simple reality of who I was and what was happening in my world...
wow, that night seems a long time ago
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