The best thing that happened

By Joy H. There are forces out there messing with me big time… Yesterday, started off morning bad with various little things — I woke up with a stiff neck (rare for me), got an electrical shock on the way to work, got to work to process month-end and all the copy machines broke on…

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I’d Just Rather Be Me

By Bill McD. Howdy Everyone: (A few Mozart-induced thoughts of a gray and drizzly morning) “to be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” (e.e. cummings) This appears on…

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Two Things I’ve Learned

By Jennifer S. <If you wait around until you “feel better” better before you stop drinking, you are probably going to have a long, painful wait. – R.> Very true. I wasted two years waiting to “feel better.” I thought if I just waited until my marriage was better, until we had money, until I…

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To Get To Know Me

By Jennifer S. <One of the things that came up this week at my counselor’s was the fact that I am trying to get away from myself. – D.> This came up for me several times. I was told, “The problem with trying to get away from yourself is, no matter where you go, there…

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