Pat,

Pleased to meet you. Would you be willing to test out some software
to do a online meeting? There would be no software to download.

More tomorrow...

Scott

maryellen popkin wrote:
> Hi, I'm just now getting to read your email my computer was being
> fixed. I joined aim but really didn't get any responses well just a
> few. I know for me I went through a major setback in 2000. We too
> lost a child well she was still born Nov 5th 2000. Prior to that I
> had a miscarriage, my Mom passed away after a long illness, I had
> thryoid cancer, and then we lost our Yvonne. At the time we were
> living in PA and my husband had gotten a promotion and it meant moving
> to NY.
> Until that day in Nov it seemed that things were turning around but
> insteand of moving to NY with a Baby I found myself all alone in an
> apartment in NYC. My Husband had to go to GA for over 2 months to
> train for his new promotion.
> Also I had to do follow up for my thryoid cancer and see new Drs and
> stuff. Anyway the point of sharing all this is that I joined a chat
> room online but it shut down so I started one with a core group of
> people who I meet. I ran classes on coping skills for "being alone" ,
> "driving", obsessive thoughts, etc.
> It was great for me because I needed to remember the coping skills I
> used when I first started getting panic attacks.
> I'm not sure but I know that www.ivilliage.com
> <http://www.ivilliage.com> use to have people who ran groups. I
> wanted to run one but fortunately for me after everything settled down
> I got pregnant and had a beautiful Daughter April 03. So I didn't
> want to commit to being online every week at a specific time.
> I would definitly check out www.ivilliage.com
> <http://www.ivilliage.com> and see if they need hosts. Honestly, I
> don't know who benefits more the people you help sharing your coping
> skills or you. I found it very rewarding when I ran that support
> group online. It was very theraputic.
>
> Keep me posted and I'm here too if you just need an email buddy :)
>
> Often it helps to just share it sounds like you have had a lot of
> stress and as my psycharists explained to me when we moved to NYC it
> was just years of accumulated stress that caused me to have the
> setback. If you think about it it makes sense. So just remember you
> are not alone and I really think if you want to monitor a group that
> would be awesome. The only place I can think of is ivillage but I
> haven't gone to that website since my 2 year was born.
>
> Glad you email me T/C
> Mary Ellen
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: irishtrish26 <irishtrish26@...>
> To: a-i-m@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:06:13 AM
> Subject: [a-i-m] need some meetings on line.
>
> hi mary ann
> this is pat catanese.and as you know i announced my recovery several
> years ago ,without medication .just the tools of aim and support and
> exposure.and it works ,however i have suffered a few setbacks due to
> several deaths in my famith including my son,
> i know the tools and i know how to run a meeting .i would love to
> start a meeting -on line ,as a leader.i think i would benifet and the
> people who are having difficulty would benifet.
> there are many ways to go about it ,as a set time such a day of the
> week where people meet on line in real time .
> table talk would be the way you set in the beginning .no
> symptoms .just reactions and how to deal with them.as
> <http://them.as/> dr.toten always
> used to say ,u know what happened now what are u gonna do about it.
> i would like to get get feedback and support on my idea.
> i started aim in 1991.back in the days when people worked hard at the
> tools and got a lot of support and a pat on the back for the work
> well done.if you dont believe u can do it I will believe it for u.
> i firmly believe in affirmations, and baby steps exposure.
> any one interested .its also fun and friendly after the meeting to
> have a few words to help to get to know each other a little.
> let me know.
> pat.
>