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please send me some encouragement…….taking son to halfway house
friends,
we leave tomorrow to drive to pick up my son on Wednesday Oct. 21. He will be leaving rehab after 10 months and proceeding to a halfway house (we take him) in Atlanta, Georgia. The environment seems to be very structured from all that I have read. He will need to go on five job interviews per day.
I am anxious but at the same time hopeful. I am proud that he has achieved being ten months clean. I want him to have a better life and hope that he will be able to find a job that will enable him to stay in the halfway house. We are willinging to pay for a period of time as long as he abides by the rules and tries to seek employment.
It has been a long journey for our family.........at time heart breaking. Please say a prayer for our family and my son that the transition will be something that he can handle. It will be a big step for him.
Thank you for any feedback. I am just thankful for all of you who have supported me.
Sincerely, dixied
we leave tomorrow to drive to pick up my son on Wednesday Oct. 21. He will be leaving rehab after 10 months and proceeding to a halfway house (we take him) in Atlanta, Georgia. The environment seems to be very structured from all that I have read. He will need to go on five job interviews per day.
I am anxious but at the same time hopeful. I am proud that he has achieved being ten months clean. I want him to have a better life and hope that he will be able to find a job that will enable him to stay in the halfway house. We are willinging to pay for a period of time as long as he abides by the rules and tries to seek employment.
It has been a long journey for our family.........at time heart breaking. Please say a prayer for our family and my son that the transition will be something that he can handle. It will be a big step for him.
Thank you for any feedback. I am just thankful for all of you who have supported me.
Sincerely, dixied
tapping into our courage
Last night I had another stupid argument with xabf. This time he was sober when he crossed the line. I ended up sobbing and unable to talk. He tried to call me several times last night and I just couldn't see forgiving him this time. Not that anyone would consider his messages sincere apologies.
My life is at a crossroads. My job is being eliminated. My future is very uncertain. I have no family of my own (yet). Our economy headed for depression....
And so I watched the VP debate last night. And no matter what side you fall on I have to say I was in awe that Palin (anyone for that matter) could get on a world stage for what was undoubtedly the biggest moment in her life with all the expectations of failure and perform the way she did.
I was reminded of the inner strength that is within all of us, that we can tap into if we really try. I am by no means trying to say that I believe either party has the answers to our future. I am merely pointing out my personal take on the strength and courage of an individual under enormous pressure. It made me realize that the challenges i face in the future with job interviews, or saying so long to xabf are really not that difficult to face if I tap into my inner strength.
My life is at a crossroads. My job is being eliminated. My future is very uncertain. I have no family of my own (yet). Our economy headed for depression....
And so I watched the VP debate last night. And no matter what side you fall on I have to say I was in awe that Palin (anyone for that matter) could get on a world stage for what was undoubtedly the biggest moment in her life with all the expectations of failure and perform the way she did.
I was reminded of the inner strength that is within all of us, that we can tap into if we really try. I am by no means trying to say that I believe either party has the answers to our future. I am merely pointing out my personal take on the strength and courage of an individual under enormous pressure. It made me realize that the challenges i face in the future with job interviews, or saying so long to xabf are really not that difficult to face if I tap into my inner strength.
I am not an animal!
I have not been doing well lately I really need to vent. It seems that whenever I start feeling better I force myself to focus on something negative to put me back in the dumps. I realize that my current living situation is not very condusive to happiness or sobriety but I am finding increasingly impossible to change it. I have too much time on my hands and spend too much time in my head.
I really need to find employment. IÂ’ve always been a good employee wherever I worked, and really prided myself on it. I am a very different person though now than I was a year ago. I feel now like a shell of my former self and I find it completely impossible to deal with people. The few job interviews IÂ’ve had recently have all gone terribly, I feel fine before I go to them, but when I am in front of the interviewer anxiety goes through the roof, my mind goes blank, I stutter and speak in sentence fragments. I wasnÂ’t always like this.
I had to go to jury duty yesterday, I was exited about it because I would finally be able to do something productive. But as I sat in the room with the other jurors I became stiff and unmoving with fear, I kept getting dizzy to the point where I thought I would black out and the whole time I was on the verge of tears. Thankfully I wasnÂ’t chosen from the juror pool, I donÂ’t know what would have happened if I had to stay there all day.
I donÂ’t feel like I am part of the human race anymore. I find it difficult to believe that I will not drink today but I will try not to. Thanks for letting me share.
I really need to find employment. IÂ’ve always been a good employee wherever I worked, and really prided myself on it. I am a very different person though now than I was a year ago. I feel now like a shell of my former self and I find it completely impossible to deal with people. The few job interviews IÂ’ve had recently have all gone terribly, I feel fine before I go to them, but when I am in front of the interviewer anxiety goes through the roof, my mind goes blank, I stutter and speak in sentence fragments. I wasnÂ’t always like this.
I had to go to jury duty yesterday, I was exited about it because I would finally be able to do something productive. But as I sat in the room with the other jurors I became stiff and unmoving with fear, I kept getting dizzy to the point where I thought I would black out and the whole time I was on the verge of tears. Thankfully I wasnÂ’t chosen from the juror pool, I donÂ’t know what would have happened if I had to stay there all day.
I donÂ’t feel like I am part of the human race anymore. I find it difficult to believe that I will not drink today but I will try not to. Thanks for letting me share.
