Hello, recovery People...and Merry Christmas!

This time of year usually brings a lot of emotions with it. Nothing different this year. I really wish I could sit down with some of you personally..be in the same room with you. I reread my blogs. I started this part of my journey 6 monthes ago...and I seemed to be so much wiser back then. I feel so much more clueless now. There is so much to be grateful for this Christmas. But I feel so much more in trouble. I finished my 4th and 5th step and I just dont want to go there with the 6th. I have some secrets I just dont want to give up.

So here I am back with yu, my friemds. I am done being all cocky and self-sufficient. That is such a hoax. I will be cruising this site looking for the "clues" I seem to lack right now. Thank you all for keeping the faith.

Love and Blessing...

Nancy

To all of you who have responded here. What great support and advice you have answered me with...thank you. I am much more comfortable with how to navigate this space. I found some friends and now know how to speak directly to some or to broadcast to the group. I know there is more to learn. I have wonderful navigators on my side!

This week I am attending a much needed mountain retreat and will return on the 14th. No cell phones, no internet. I will be relying on literature and HP only. I have emailed my food plan for the retreat to my sponsor and to Julie329, my newest compulsive overeater friend here. I will resume my tenth steps in another venue, and do my daily journaling in the blog...which if there were a way, I would simply call something else..KeithB was right to be confused!

So TaTA, everyone. I will be painting watercolors of ...and among... the Douglas Firs in the Oregon Cascades...if God lives anywhere, he lives there!!! It is always good for my soul to be up there and to be painting.

Love you all,

Nancy

Never post anything that you don't want public. Try and talk in "general" terms and heed Nia's great advice!

luv

Some things are going to be just for your sponsor and close recovery friends-

I generally  find when I share from true feelings, -'experience, strength & hope'

it generates honesty and compassion from others. ( " identify don't compare")

In the beginning of my recovery I rarely risked sharing beyond a few key people-

I am trying to stretch my boundaries a bit more now.    Nia

There is no wrong or right in recovery.  It is what YOU make it and no one can tell YOU what to do.

This site is mainly supportive, but you have those that come in and feel like they have to be judgmental and they become critical before realizing we are just seeking a helping hand.

You decide on what YOU want to do, go with your heart and gut feeling, don’t base it solely on emotions.

I’ve come a long way and I’m still learning.  Keep to your program, sponsor, pray and have faith in your HP, that’s really all we can hope for.

Recovery Rocks, Tina

Many of us took a while to find a "comfot zone" with our blogging. It takes a bit before we find where that is, just what we can "run up the flagpole" to see who agrees or disagrees. Ken has it on the mark. We share what we feel best at the moment.

     As we grow and learn, we change what we do. I have been considered judgemental - and also have felt as if I've been judged. But as long as we share from the heart and respond likewise, it is just like being at the tables. We take what is given or leave it behind. Because if we don't - we'll never know what could have been...

YF,

Dennis

OBTW - I believe that bulletins you post only can be read by your friends, so that can be another way to share...

Some things are best shared only with a sponsor or close friend-

learning about these choices- and personal boundaries, is very important.

Nia

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