Hi Deb...
It has been a while since you posted..and the same for me too.
I hope I am catching you doing well..I know what your talking about
when so called friends don't seem to understand where you coming
from..This is a time to reach out to others in recovery..are there
meetings near you? All I know is..never give up..your not alone as
long as you have the internet..People in the same situation as you
and I...I know when ever I really need to talk..I can get on line and
find someone to chat with.. My life has been up and down..and latley
it has been wonderful..But..I am still having bad days..mainly
because of my own addictive behaviors. I am now going in to see a
councelor starting tuesday..You need to find something to do to get
you out of you...helping others in need for recovery is what keeps me
going..I always seem to find someone who is searching for a way
out..We are never alone if their are others like us out there...I do
hope your doing well snd I sorry it took me a while to get back to
you...So..I am still here hangingin there....Mike












--- In anewbeginning2@yahoogroups.com, "the_slayer_1700"
<the_slayer_1700@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Red's,
>
> Hi. Wow it's been so long since I have done this. Recently I went
> through a traumatic event, have had to move to a new neighbourhood
> and my old friends seem like we are no longer in the same world.
> Tragic? YESSSSS. And I constantly keep telling myself to hang in
> there and is it easy... NNOOOOO. So I have been trying to get out
of
> my house everyday and come up and click through emails to be at
> least able to stay in touch with other understanding humans. And
now
> I am living alone.. that too. Sometimes I think it is bliss and
some
> other times I think it is stagnant. And then it gets me thinking
> about it. But anyways I hope your life improves. But Stay in Touch.
>
> Deb.
>
>
> --- In anewbeginning2@yahoogroups.com, rednek53 <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Deb. sorry for not posting sooner...I really thought some one
> > would.Sorry to hear about the home stead. Its been pretty bad
here
> > too ..well not for me but the people who have home on the
Kankakee
> > river south of me. The river has beena t flood stage for so many
> > weeks now.. My girl friens house has done pretty good ..she had
> > trouble with some basement flooding. but its been doing pretty
> > good..Hang in there and remember this is a test..and you will get
> > thru it all right..Love ya and hang in there...Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm in the process of trying to keep my home - a single wide
> with an
> > > addition - from falling the rest of the way off it's piers -
and
> the
> > > river will hit flood stage sometime this morning! Odd timing -
> but
> > in
> > > the last 2 weeks I've had an engineer and the local
> Weatherization
> > rep
> > > tell me that I should've called FEMA in 2006. I had to explain
> that
> > > since so many people lost everthing they had my problems seems
> like
> > > nothing. They told me me that once my home falls I, too, will
> have
> > > lost everything! I only need it stay up until April or May
when
> it
> > > gets dry enough to have it jacked up and re-leveled. The only
> > reason I
> > > can afford to have that done is that one of the men has
offered
> to
> > > work free because he says he owes my father at least that much
> (Good
> > > thing my Dad's a great guy!)
> > >
> > > It is so easy to be grateful and remember that while we don't
> always
> > > get what we want, we do get what we need. This past 2 years
> I've
> > been
> > > focused on the fact that, while my life has changed
drastically,
> my
> > > needs are met. Will I be able to maintain such a noble
attitude
> if
> > I
> > > lose everything? I don't know... Right now I'm busy praying
> that I
> > am
> > > not tested.
> > >
> > > My trailer isn't much, but its mine. It's paid for, and most
> > > importantly, I can afford to live there!
> > >
> > > Whatever happens, I always remember that nothing is so bad that
a
> > > drink won't make it worse - so I'll be fine. NO - I be okay!
> (we
> > all
> > > know what FINE means!)
> > >
> > > Hope it's not raining where you are!
> > >
> > > ODAT
> > >
> > > Deb K
> > >
> >
>