Re: new person, new diagnosis Seriously about nice and grumpies

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Hello

Have a welcome from across the pond, although I'm sorry you've had to find us. I'm relatively new here, and these guys are fab!

I hope you find as much support and help as I have

Love Ze xx (38) Dermatomyositis, Pulmonary Fibrosis etc, for ages!>> Folks,> As I read this list I'm filled with gratitude. That you for being real!> Bruce, great minds think alike. I appreciate what you wrote about> feelings and emotions. For years, if I had any sort of emotion I drank> it away. If I was happy, I drank. If I was sad, I drank. I didn't want to> feel. I knew I was so sick...and I joined AA. I remember when I was> first sober. At meeting I'd say, "I think I feel...", and someone would> say, "STOP! Don't think about it...just feel it!" For the first time in> AGES, I began to feel emotions again...I began to live again...life on> life's terms, not mine...what a concept! So claim those feelings and> emotions, folks...if you can claim it you can own it, and if you can> own it you can walk through it.> My two cents.> > brud+> -- > God is good; everything else is a lesson.>