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[Changed1]

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Thanks Irish Eyes, those are all very good thoughts and I will put your ideas into practice.

[Changed1]

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I'm 49 too darkie and I think lots of people are probably feeling painful stuff from childhood - and not even people who have a drinking problem too. How to process these things? I am not sure. I guess I've made peace with a lot of it, but have done so by really exploring what happened and avoiding situations that will trigger those feelings.

[irish eyes]

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darkie;678270 wrote: hi irish.an all.still finding my way around.your post is great.i try to be positave and indeed i decide each day is a good one.as silly as it sounds i think we can decide to choose neg or positave.just as we choose to be sober or not,im not saying its easy,but it is a good start to a day saying little things.its a lovely day tg,we can train ourself to look on the bright side(as the song says).....i watched a proogran last night about additions .(ruthland center)in ireland.and one of the points a counceler made was think back on the first 20 yrs of your life and most addicts have shock or deep hurt that unresolved.and addiction is a great wey to mask our emotations,also its a good idea to wright them down ,feel the feelings,examin how you feel,what do you want to do with these feelings.i tried to do this last night and i know there are a lot of undelt with issues in my life.and it makes me sad,at the age of 49 i still have hugh sad emotions from my youth,its very painful and i dont know what to do with them.i dont blame anybody for my now life,but im also afraid to go to the depts of my sole for fear of the sadness thats there. im wondering if anyone else fels this way????

Darkie thanks for your post, yes I saw the rutland documentary, very good. Re your painful feelings, maybe it is time to look at them with a counsellor and let the sadness out in a safe place. Painful feelings when they surface demand attention and very often are our great teachers. Feel free to PM me any time.

[TimeToLoveMyLiver]

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Hi Irish.

Just wanted to congratulate you on a great post.

Keep up the great work.

Brett.

[darkie]

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thank you irish ,dont know how to pm not the best at the old computer,just learning my way around,

[joesgal]

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Irish, that was an inspirational post! Thanks, joesgal