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atheos


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(To break my pattern of isolation, I am doing 90 social activities in 90 days. Mostly Al-Anon meetings for now, but my sponsor says we can start counting other activities too once I'm ready for them.)

Made it to day five... I am absolutely exhausted. I don't know how people with busy social lives find the energy!

On the other hand, I'm glad I'm doing this... at one of the meetings I don't normally go to, I shared about how my relationship with my (schizophrenic) sister had drastically improved after I started practicing the Al-Anon principles... turns out that there was someone else at the meeting who was *also* the big sister of a mentally ill sibling, and who had been having a really bad time with hers lately -- she said my share gave her some hope for her situation. We did quite a bit of talking and hugging after the meeting.

I got so focused on what I'm not good with that I lost sight of all the progress I had already made... it was nice to be able to help someone else, and remember how far I have come at the same time.



-- Edited by atheos on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 03:10:53 PM

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Hugs!!! Great awareness!! Keep coming back!!

Hugs P :)

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:)

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Right on atheos!!  From my experience I can tell you that doing 90X90 is probably the reason I stuck inside of the program and got my butt sewed back on after I lost it trying to fight this disease.  Ours' is call "Social Model Therapy" and I didn't know that until years after I got into the program and then made it my own.   I couldn't do all 90 days in one day or one week so I just did one after another and then doubled up some days and now I have a life worth living directed by the program and encouraged by a power greater than myself or any old disease.   Keep coming back...great share.  (((hugs))) smile



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Beautiful Share  Breaking the isolation is very powerful tool

Thanks for the wonderful update.



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(c: wow you must be young. I maybe leave my home 2 or 3 times a month. lol

I am so glad you are getting so much out of this.Sounds like a good sponsor!

Does taking some one out for ice cream count??? (c: Be neat to volunteer at something you love.

hugs,debilyn



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Awesome!!

Thanks for sharing :)

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Good for you!

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atheos


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Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

Debilyn, if you don't mind me asking, do you live alone or with people? (I think part of the reason I'm "supposed to" be going out a lot is because I live on my own, so staying home means no human contact...)

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