One big, warm, tight, hug, handshake and howdy, moose-size official type welcome to the site.



Task Force Moose Protocol:

Retreat: Pull away and push back some of what is wearing you down. Multi tasking is over-rated. Allow yourself some leeway or concessions without slipping into a pity party. Accept that some things you can't change. Find those and let them go. Just excess baggage in this juorney through life. Who needs it?

Regroup: You weren't specific but that's OK. There are always positive options in getting help. ---Sometimes you can get so low you can't see it and just want the pain to go away. Trust me. I have been there.--- Coming here is a great first step in getting help. Make small changes you can live with and a plan you can enforce.

Reload (My favorite part). Putting the plan into action and watching the results. Making lists and keeping a journal has helped me a lot. If for nothing else, to get the emotions out.

None of these steps are to be rushed.
I hit rock bottom 6 Oct 05. Two years after diagnosis, I had become a worthless drunk. Turned to self medicating as it were. DUI, MANY broken bones, some didn't heal right. Three months in 2 different hospitals.
Lost almost everything.

I share this so you know I'm not blowing smoke. And never forget...

You are not alone.
You are one of us.
And we are here to help.