She Said – I Hate Guilt

Is there anything more useless than guilt? Feeling guilty accomplishes nothing, and takes some good self-talking-too to work your way out of. At the end of it, I usually end up affirming my own right to happiness and remembering that I can’t hinder it just because someone else isn’t affirming their own right to happiness. But it still feels like eating fermented dog poop one spoonful at a time until i get it down and purge it out and flush it away as it should be…….

She Said – Al Anon Meetings

I have two Al Anon meetings under my belt now. They say to try at least 6 before you decide if it’s “for you” or not. So I’m willing to try. But I just don’t know. If I were a betting woman (they have 12 step programs for that, ya know) I’d guess that I’ll find a few people that I like and befriend them. I’ve never been a “joiner,” I’m flat-out allergic to anything that feels like group think or prescripted think, so….