I got the impetus for this title from words in one of Christina Bruni's posts. Don't let others define your recovery. This is hard to do. If you are one of those people who looks to others for approval you may find this doesn't work with sz recovery.
Sometimes my sister asks why I do this or that. Like, "Why do you... Read more
I know I have blogged down this road before, but here I go again. It is interesting to look back and see what I thought life was about at different ages. And why I thought it was that way. At age 10 I must admit I didn't have a clue, which is okay for 10 yr olds. This is the age when the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse... Read more
I am listening to Tom Petty sing "American Girl" and it cheers me up a little. Even when his lyrics are downbeat, his music is so upbeat I love to sing along. So what bums me out? Perhaps this is not the right venue, but I am feeling lonely tonight and just want to blog about it.
My mom is a Christian. A very... Read more
I had written a question about feeling addicted to sz, which David Robbins and Chris Bruni answered. I decided to write a little more about it. One of the hardest things in my continuing recovery is to let go of sz symptoms. They were "me" for so many years, I didn't know what I would be without them. For one thing, the... Read more