lillamy

I just got back from the first meeting I've been to in a month. I'm going through a severely stressful time. I've tried all known stress relief and coping techniques I know and can afford (alas, no hot stone massages or trips to Hawaii!) and nothing has given me much relief.

So I thought "hmmm... If one of my friends was in my situation and asked my advice... What would I say?"

I realized I would ask them when was the last time they went to a meeting.

So I took my own advice.

And after the meeting, my shoulders have dropped so I actually have a neck again rather than looking like a linebacker. I have new good thoughts in my head. I was even able to eat and keep food down for the first time in days.

So I'm telling you - go to a meeting. If nothing else helps, go to a meeting. And I'm sure that's what some of you told me to do last week. I'm just boneheaded to not have done it earlier.

wicked

Yes, I know this too! I do not realize how tight I am until my shoulders relax.

And yes, I have to find a way to a meeting.

Beth

Tuffgirl

I damn near killed people one day trying to get to a meeting in lunch hour traffic and construction. Walked out of there light as a feather!

Great advice, thanks for sharing Lillamy!

outonalimb

Isn't it amazing? Somehow, someway, I always manage to hear just what I need to hear at a meeting. It NEVER fails. And just seeing those friendly faces and being among people who 'get it' is medicine for the soul.

Glad you went...
As they say...KEEP COMING BACK

endlesspatience

Yes. I'd been skipping meetings too for a few weeks but I've done one for each of the past four days and I feel so much stronger and better.

wicked

4 pm meeting tomorrow. 4 blocks from me, so I can walk.
Yeah. I will do this.

Hammer

Double-time!