Class of October 2014 Part 25
 

continues from here:

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Thanks Dee!

And thank you V for the encouragement. It's frustrating to have to dig myself out of another mess, especially at a time when I should be feeling victorious about one year, but there's no point in beating myself up about it. I've been doing plenty of that anyway, time to invest my energy in active recovery.

Yes! The beating ourselves up part is exhausting.
It's nice to let it go huh?

We have plenty of time to get you happily to your one-year victory party. :)

That's good to hear Briar! Taking control of your life. You should be proud. One thing I was thinking...Are you a bit worried that anorexia was a direct replacement for your alcoholism? If so what are some of the measures you think you'll be doing to avoid a relapse? I'm just curious as this could happen to any of us and I think it's pretty common.

I am so glad that you are fighting this, Briar. You will pull through with flying colors.:You_Rock_

Glad the spider is safely outdoors, v.

Briar, so food to hear from you and it sounds like you are making good progress. It must be frustrating, but it seems part of the same struggle, not a whole new one, so you are on your way to a stronger recovery.

V, glad you got the spider out! I had such a dream yesterday morning about spiders, just before I woke! It was crazy!

Tired and need to get to bed. Was on my own with kids and had a good night. Hubby still out, basketball game.

Good morning gang. Cold here -it's January and it should be LOL. We are all spoiled with this freaky warm weather that we've had. I do like the odd balmy days, but at the same time they scare me, as in, what have we done to the environment to make this happen? It is rather ominous.

Well, that was an unfortunate typo! I meant good!

Thanks guys, I appreciate the support.

Arbor yeah I think it was just another attempt to cope with life and distract myself when I felt like I couldn't handle things. I think it was largely in response to the trauma I had with the fire. Looking back, I now see that every time in my life that I've struggled with eating issues, it has directly followed a traumatic event. That was important to realize as now I can anticipate it in the future and take measures to protect myself. So yeah it's all about learning the right way to handle the hard times without turning to some kind of addiction to cope.

Phoebe I love the typo :)

Those fires were horrible, Briar. Even from thousands of miles away, they were terrifying.

That's such an important realisation Briar. Knowing that is pretty key to working through all of this. Once again, very proud of you.

And Arbor....really proud of you! And happy for you!

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on 4 months sober!! :) ♥

Love and good morning. :grouphug:

Thank you sweet Venuscat! Your amazing!

Arbor


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great insight there Briar IMO.

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Thanks Briar!!!

Such wise words. And I'm so proud of you both, Briar and Arbor!

My little surgery was finished by ten this morning. I'm resting, eating pudding, and enjoying a movie marathon. I'm so glad it's over!

So glad that is over now Conquest huny!
So it's jello, PJs, movies and the couch for you for a few days? Good.
Hope you are not in too much pain.
Huge hugs. :hug:

Oh...pudding is awesome. Now I want some. :)

Nice to notice a bit of sparkle from you again Briar. :)
Your surgery sneaked up on me Conquest....I'm happy that you've got that behind you.:)
And a big ol' smiling congrats to Sir Arbor on a significant milestone today.:)

A nice time to be part of the Octsober team.