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Dear Lori & LJ

Honest to God.. you guys just make me cry..my husband is always crying at excellence, like when athletes try real hard

To me this is excellence of the soul...you two ..what you are doing..you are stronger & more courageous than me..

I applaud you.....with my tears...

Luv~Chrysa

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Re: Dear Lori & LJ

thanks chrysa.

i applaud you and everybody else for helping me when you have your own problems to deal with. don't shed any more tears on my account, one thing, if i slip please don't hold it against me because i know now that i CAN abstain for a while. this is day 5 now and i never thought i could get this far while dealing with so many other things.

i could never have got so far without the help and support from the people on here, so once again, thanks everyone.

best wishes to all. lj. x

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Re: Dear Lori & LJ

OK lj,

let's go for DAY 6!!!!

You can do this, old mate.

Tawny

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Hi there,

I just popped in cuz I couldn't sleep, and you guys are amazing!!! Day 6 and going strong, very inspiring!!! This really works, see? It is making me cry too!!:c :h (In a happy way!) I think the support we all give eachother here is the bomb!

Keep on posting and you will do wonderfully! The poeple here are awesome:rollin

Mary Anne

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Hey Lee (and Lori, too)

I just wanted to reassure you that if you slip, Lee, any disappointment I feel will be for you, sharing the disappointment you will undoubtedly feel yourself. I wouldn't presume to be disappointed "in you". I want to support you in your efforts, but I sure don't want you to feel like you have to deal with disappointing anyone other than yourself, which is damn hard enough, as I well know!

Keep on trucking and keep the faith! LIke you said, you know you can do it! Happy Day 6 to BOTH LEE AND LORI! :happy

Kathy

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A BIG FAT DITTO for me to what Kathi said!! I couldn't have said it better myself! Hang in there Lee, (and Lori too), and keep fighting the good fight!!

Donna

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Dear LJ and all!
yes, yes, yes, you are still doing it whoooooooooooooa. I am on 48 hours now and you are on the fifth day. I could not have done it without all of you guys unbelievable support. Thank you all so much. Had interupted night sleep but fell back asleep everytime. I have not done this in years. And the dreams I had were totally absurd and weird, but I actually remember some of them (am not sharing them - you'd think I'm nuts). Also lost a pound - probably all water - but hell who cares. I think my husband has caught on and he is not tinkering his ice cubes in front of me anymore - what a relieve. It's really hard not to want that carrot when it is dangling right in front of ones nose. Well, I must be off and experience that new cognitive me at work. Lets see what stress will do to me today? I am intending to perform even the meanest, lowliest and boring tasks with a smile and treat all the shitheads as if they really deserved it. Got to run. Oh and I almost forgot about the slipping. We are an sheer ice. The Zamboni of life has put us on this surface and we are all wearing leather soles. That means that our steps have to be very tiny and measured and we are going to fall on our ass but now we can see the skates on the sidelines. We just crawl back on our feet and slowly head that direction. We will make it, I know that now. Once we reach these skates we will put them on and glide, but not without scraped knees and bruises. Trust me, I know, just to skate. Love your bruises too, because you are doing it.
Love you all buckets.
Lori

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Re: Dear Lori & LJ

LJ -- wish I had seen this last night. Dear -- well of course there is no way for you to know that I would understand...I would not be mad at you at all...relapses (slips) are part of the course, the journey...they are a fact of life, just something, a painful obstacle, to be dealt with...and now you have the tools to deal with them...

We are human and besides this is not a matter of will or character...this is a very complex disorder involving the body, the mind, and the spirit...

oh..oh..someone at door..I have to run...am I getting across or no...

Luv~C

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Re: This is for everybody!

Hello everyone,
somebody kindly send me these wonderful words today.
This poem apparently was read at Audrey Hepburns funeral:
It is so beautiful.
For attractive lips , speak words of kindness..
For lovely eyes , seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise , walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone..
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms . As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
Love Lori