Two weeks, no purging. All the other stuff is still happening, but not the purging.

[GPV]

It will be nice when I get better at defusing urges, and when I stop living life at level 11 hair-on-fire.

[jpak]

1. Hang in there GPV

[GPV]

6. Thanks!

[gademocrat7]

2. Take care,GPV

[GPV]

7. Thank you!

[The Jungle 1]

3. You will win!

[GPV]

8. Thank you!

[irisblue]

4. Doing your best is a BFD. Good on you

[GPV]

9. Thanks so much!

[RainCaster]

5. Good for you, GPV

Remember the Serenity Prayer, it will be your mantra for a long time. Gradually, you will add others.

[GPV]

10. Thank you. Yes, acceptance is a hard one for me. I keep insisting that the universe should work my

way.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Acceptance is often still hard for me even after more than 12 years

What's helped me is to realize that I've only got to make it through the next 24 hours - or less - and to remember to breathe. Times change and I can, too. Talking to someone who's been there also helps and that's exactly what you did. Good going!

[GPV]

12. Sometimes the next minute or second is agonizing, and I have a ton of distorted thoughts like,

“I can’t make it” that make it harder to ride the urge out.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I've found that's when talking to someone who's been there helps

And, if anything, that's a distraction. One saying that helped me when I was struggling was "Move a muscle, change a thought." It didn't matter what or how simple it was, that was a distraction. And it gave me more time.

[Stuart G]

14. I say the "Serenity Prayer" ..many times a day..I cannot control this, or that...or this thought or

that thought..

Often when I drive to a meeting or to the store..I see the stupidest things that other drivers do. You name em
I have seen them.

All I can do is control me, and what I do and avoid the nutcakes..........and guess what.??????

We now have a sane person as President of the U.S. ..