tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020361.post3868360804341258592..comments2023-10-23T13:16:16.993-04:00Comments on ~ penni_4_ur_thots ~: healing and denial.~pen~http://www.blogger.com/profile/07822146312033633535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020361.post-19450284645329488392007-12-17T13:54:00.000-05:002007-12-17T13:54:00.000-05:00I just had a phone conversation with my mother on ...I just had a phone conversation with my mother on the whole manic depression thing. Insert manic depression and counseling into the conversation you had with your husband and you know what my morning was like (AT WORK!!!! because I refuse to give my mother my phone number)... when she said "oh your fine you don't need medication or therapy..." I wanted to scream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020361.post-74572363183417048822007-12-17T14:52:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:52:00.000-05:00Something my mother wanted my father to do was to ...Something my mother wanted my father to do was to get help. He never did, not until it was well past too late then he wondered why he was alone - having pushed everyone who loved him away. Don't die like he did, alone and very old at 76. In fact, don't even live like he did...get all the help you need and live.<br><br>O <a href="http://onionboy.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">onionboy.ca</a> {arts & fath} <a href="http://onionboy.typepad.com/luminousmiseries/" rel="nofollow">luminousmiseries.ca</a> {faith & art}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020361.post-19144038455430406732007-12-17T20:19:00.000-05:002007-12-17T20:19:00.000-05:00thanks kids -- i am. i went to my meeting tonight...thanks kids -- i am. i went to my meeting tonight and am glad i did. i read some of my step book at lunch and am also glad i did that.<br><br>i want to not want to drink. i want to not feel obsessed over the fact that i am not drinking. i wish i was normal and not twisted in my thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020361.post-33692517700878941582007-12-20T02:16:00.000-05:002007-12-20T02:16:00.000-05:00Been reading thru recent posts, penni, and see so ...Been reading thru recent posts, penni, and see so much here to be optimistic about. I hope your husband will continue to support you, even if the "drama" and the extent of the drinking was rather hidden from him, and he doesn't understand (right now) why you want to attend AA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com