Painful Times~

[dominosarah]

Many of us are going thru some very painful and devastating times on the forum.  There are so many questions and no easy answers.  These are the times where our addict brain goes into overdrive.  Our emotions are very foreign to us and we dont understand or know how to get thru the pain.  Our first thought is to use as we think this will help.  I can guarantee that this would only set all of us back and destroy us.  Using is NOT an option for us.  Nothing any of us are going thru is a reason to use.  We have to walk thru our grief, feel our emotions and place one foot in front of the other.  We have to stay close to those that support us and love us.  It is okay to feel things and i for one am grateful that i have been given another chance at life.  Together we will walk this path together~sara

[Teresa1717]

I hope so Sara!  Its like being on a rollercoaster! Sometimes it makes me sick, other times I get incredible enjoyment out of it! Im just trying to hold on and keep from falling out!

[dominosarah]

I dont have a clue Teresa but we are survivors, we just have to be.

[Teresa1717]

Oh Sara :( Why are we all being tested so much??? I jsut dont understand it..Im so sorry...

[dominosarah]

This is how my life has gone here, It was a wednesday when my mom passed, my coworkers dad passed on Friday, my mom's funeral was on that Saturday@10:30, my daughters consumer(who i also knew) died at 10:35 that Saturday.  I just found out 5 minutes ago a friend of mines brother just passed away of natural causes, he was 46 and a close friend of my brother.  This is just overwhelming.........

[Free2agoodhome]

Nicely put

During thoughts of temptation....some small voice says to me " Just for today.....i'll pass on screwing up my life up"

I hope that voice speaks to everyone during those moments , as it has for me.

Thx sara

[dominosarah]

I know you want to run and hide.  It comes down to that "fight" or "flight" issue.  Flight is what we are used to and when our past thoughts comes a knocking, we dont answer as we dont live there anymore.  We stand and fight now cuz we are so worth it~