I don’t know what precipitated my combining canned french style green beans, ken’s ranch, siracha, and chicken… but it’s been my go to lunch for YEARS!!! As an inconsistent queen, this feels like an accomplishment of some kind.
Would you eat it?
I met a woman in a meeting who was being sponsored and her sponsor suddenly dropped her or wouldn’t work step four with her. I am not clear on what was happening.
She wanted someone to be her new sponsor and start with step five. This seemed counterintuitive to me, especially since I got the idea that she really wasn’t fully grasping the powerlessness and unmanageability of alcoholism. My POV is, I can only take someone through the steps the way I’ve been through the steps and I’ve never started at step five.
Am I doing this wrong?
Asking here because my sponsor is unavailable right now and the woman in question is desperate.
That’s it… I didn’t react really, I just asked if he could schedule the meeting for tomorrow during the day because I am not feeling very flexible due to burnout that hit me hard this week. We had initially planned on having a chill night at home. Is it unreasonable for me to ask for them to meet at a different time? For more context, our house is very small and I’d basically have to hang out in the guest bedroom or our bedroom. I don’t want to go out with friends because I have had a commitment literally every single night of the week for several weeks straight.
For some context, I am a 41/F … In 2013, a perfect storm of stressful events (a breakup, telling a therapist about possible sexual abuse as a child) led to a psychotic episode that landed me in the psych ward for a week. I was diagnosed with MDD with psychotic features. It took months to feel normal again. Almost exactly a year later, another storm of stressful events led to another break from reality. It’s been 12 years and while I’ve felt I was teetering on the edge of reality at times, I have not had another episode. I have been off of all medication and sober from alcohol for eight years. I have developed coping mechanisms, am a part of 12 step recovery, and have learned not to follow every train of thought. Given this information and your experiences, how likely is a recurrence?
In 2013, a perfect storm of stressful events (including a breakup) led to a psychotic episode that landed me in the psych ward for a week. It took months to feel normal again. Almost exactly a year later, another storm of stressful events led to another break from reality. It’s been 12 years and while I’ve felt I was teetering on the edge of reality at times, I have not had another episode. I have developed coping mechanisms. Given this information and your experiences, how likely is a recurrence?