It is about time for me to post my story
Beth,
Maybe its about time I responded to your story!!! I love that my mwo name is on this post somehow.. but you know how megalomaniac I am now dont you!!
The posts in my story as a whole are really compelling and your story is also compelling. There are themes that run through this section of the board that someone of your intellect would no doubt analyse. There is a tiredness.. a wish to be heard.. a sadness, perhaps despair.. a knowledge of work to be done and yes, by the time the post happens a glimmer of hope that the journey is underway. Of course the actual stories are quite different, but the underlying feeling of despair, break of trust, taboo, fear and self loathing is common.
You have been on the board for a while now Beth and you have seen people turn this around. You know that people turn this around using other strategies, not mwo also. You want to turn this around, I know it. And know what else I know? I know you can do it. I dont know how I know this, but I do. I believed in you last year and I believe in you this year. It may not be mwo that is your tool.. thats your decision, but whatever tool you finally use to assist you, I know that you can and will do this.
Beth, there is no one who has any length of sobriety that has not had the struggle you are having with trying to stop drinking and I, for one, have had huge issues to tackle in terms of taboo, self loathing, self esteem, lack of trust etc... If it were easy and if there were a simple pill to help there wouldnt be a board of such agony as this one. It is an agonising journey, but the good news is that it IS a journey and you have a range of skills that you can apply to tackling what is in front of you.
It is my belief that there is NOTHING in front of you that is more than you can bear.
Keep going Beth and dont give up.. you have me standing here as your cheer leader (if you want).
Brigid
Beth,
Maybe its about time I responded to your story!!! I love that my mwo name is on this post somehow.. but you know how megalomaniac I am now dont you!!
The posts in my story as a whole are really compelling and your story is also compelling. There are themes that run through this section of the board that someone of your intellect would no doubt analyse. There is a tiredness.. a wish to be heard.. a sadness, perhaps despair.. a knowledge of work to be done and yes, by the time the post happens a glimmer of hope that the journey is underway. Of course the actual stories are quite different, but the underlying feeling of despair, break of trust, taboo, fear and self loathing is common.
You have been on the board for a while now Beth and you have seen people turn this around. You know that people turn this around using other strategies, not mwo also. You want to turn this around, I know it. And know what else I know? I know you can do it. I dont know how I know this, but I do. I believed in you last year and I believe in you this year. It may not be mwo that is your tool.. thats your decision, but whatever tool you finally use to assist you, I know that you can and will do this.
Beth, there is no one who has any length of sobriety that has not had the struggle you are having with trying to stop drinking and I, for one, have had huge issues to tackle in terms of taboo, self loathing, self esteem, lack of trust etc... If it were easy and if there were a simple pill to help there wouldnt be a board of such agony as this one. It is an agonising journey, but the good news is that it IS a journey and you have a range of skills that you can apply to tackling what is in front of you.
It is my belief that there is NOTHING in front of you that is more than you can bear.
Keep going Beth and dont give up.. you have me standing here as your cheer leader (if you want).
Brigid
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