tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post7022045255214656409..comments2023-08-20T04:40:04.843-05:00Comments on Stephen M (Ethesis): Twelve Step ProgramsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-91061272127364455022007-08-24T21:39:00.000-05:002007-08-24T21:39:00.000-05:00I have no real desire to vent right now. I hope t...I have no real desire to vent right now. I hope that is a good sign. Things are going very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-82693966139736053442007-08-18T21:12:00.000-05:002007-08-18T21:12:00.000-05:00I don't know if this is a reality check kind of th...I don't know if this is a reality check kind of thing but sometimes I think that things must not have been to bad as I did not "settle" to marry men who I was not interested in. There were a couple of men very interested in me that was not mutual and I think it may have led to marriage. There was another man who I liked a lot at one time and would have possibly of married if he felt the same asAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-90819111464834867452007-08-18T19:07:00.000-05:002007-08-18T19:07:00.000-05:00There were other factors involved in staying. I w...There were other factors involved in staying. I won't go into every reason for staying. And the dream of moving out was probably just that once ocd manifest in a way to make going places difficult and doing the daily tasks that I did before difficult to the point where I limit both. Maybe it is very simple for some people to become independent. Such has not been the case for me. And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1330286309989428002007-08-17T22:34:00.000-05:002007-08-17T22:34:00.000-05:00I think I forgot to say what I intended to say abo...I think I forgot to say what I intended to say about the person who I felt mocked me. He did offer financial assistance if I needed it when moving out. I was prideful though and did not want to take money at that point. I said to him, "I don't want your money." I don't think my tone was rude, but he could probably tell that I was serious. I have often felt bad that maybe my pride kept me from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-87324701370292958742007-08-17T22:28:00.000-05:002007-08-17T22:28:00.000-05:00Hoping that I have not burned any bridges here by ...Hoping that I have not burned any bridges here by my recent posts. I just have to hope all is well because I did want to give voice to something that may be hard for people to understand.<BR/><BR/>I don't remember how bad things were at one point, but I was contemplating whether to move out. I was close to finishing school. I only had a semesters worth of classes left. However, I dropped a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-49346575985617839352007-08-15T20:27:00.000-05:002007-08-15T20:27:00.000-05:00Ummn, that could use a transition or two. I hate ...Ummn, that could use a transition or two. I hate it when I run on and on like that. I think as I write. Maybe I should think before I write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-52680460459360843632007-08-15T20:23:00.000-05:002007-08-15T20:23:00.000-05:00I was thinking today about a great-aunt that I had...I was thinking today about a great-aunt that I had who lived for years in a mental institution. My mom and her sister were in a car with her and another great-aunt(sister to this great-aunt) and her husband who were taking her on an outing. She asked them if she could leave the mental institution to live with them. She jumped out of the car. I hate to think of what her life was like. My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1828314030243680662007-08-14T22:30:00.000-05:002007-08-14T22:30:00.000-05:00well, I was serious when I wrote my earlier commen...well, I was serious when I wrote my earlier comments. I get a little emotional that way. I did not mean that you had been silent to my present comments as I just posted them this evening. I was just afraid that I may have crossed the line. Just letting me know that I am still welcome means so much. I don't plan to have any more outbursts. After all, what more could I say? But I am so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-83083395078479019772007-08-14T21:13:00.000-05:002007-08-14T21:13:00.000-05:00Barb,Don't go away.I am afraid I am very busy. I ...Barb,<BR/><BR/>Don't go away.<BR/><BR/>I am afraid I am very busy. I often go days or longer between visits to my blog. Silence usually means I'm really busy (for example, took my brother to the air port so he could fly back to his family, taught the High Priest group this Sunday, hauled 17 bags of mulch home and spread it in the back yard in 100 degree + heat this evening, tomorrow I'm out to Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-8834520295701354082007-08-14T20:55:00.000-05:002007-08-14T20:55:00.000-05:00I myself am experiencing a rebirth in Al-Anon. I'...I myself am experiencing a rebirth in Al-Anon. I'm learning to give people over to the power of the universe. I say, "I'm confident the universe has everything you need to solve this problem."<BR/><BR/>They do work, Stephen.annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-16339932176403383522007-08-14T20:38:00.000-05:002007-08-14T20:38:00.000-05:00Good bye, my friend. Stephen, as you might be abl...Good bye, my friend. Stephen, as you might be able to imagine, I can't open myself up to be hurt again if you don't say something in regards to my comments. Therefore, I won't be able read further on this thread. Plus, it just won't be the same on your other friends. It was a blessing to be here while it lasted. I will probably still read your blog in the future. I enjoy your insights. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-73313785379087049642007-08-14T20:23:00.000-05:002007-08-14T20:23:00.000-05:00Well, anger got the worst of me and I am revisting...Well, anger got the worst of me and I am revisting. And this is not a cry for help. Things are going good right now. It is venting about where I feel I have been wronged. I have vented this with some friends and they ignore me when I give specifics of who wronged me. When I speak vaguely, I did have one person say he would pass on what I said as he had studied therapy. What I passed on was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-75964775872907699122007-08-14T19:52:00.000-05:002007-08-14T19:52:00.000-05:00I don't think I have ever been to an actual 12 Ste...I don't think I have ever been to an actual 12 Step meeting. I know a lot of people in Narcotics Anonymous when I served my mission. Some of them had been clean for a few years and were very spiritual individuals. I think it is great that so many are able to break free by attending meetings. I know someone who went to what I think was Al Anon because her mom was an alchoholic but she said sheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com