((((Christy))))

That is incredible.  I have been sat here for an hour, going through Step 4; at the same time I had just written out the ACOA Common Behaviour Characteristics and honestly identified the ones that are mine.  Then I wrote them out again and identified the ones that I have already been working on but did not know where part of my behavioural pattern from dysfunctional family syndrome and tagged the ones that I have not even addressed at this stage.

My next action was to ask God for help and ask myself the question; how am I to tackle these problems? 

I wrote:

• by detachment
• by setting boundaries
• by building up self-confidence
• by learning to trust
• by giving myself a value
• by believing in myself

"That is enough for now." I thought and decided to take one more look at the message board before settling for an early night here.

That is when I opened up your post because your title JUMPED out at me.

Christy, what encouragement and inspiration.  If that is NOT a HIGHER POWER DEMONSTRATING CONCERN AND LOVE I do not know what is.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, BLESS YOU.

Heartbroken