tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post2300254466664625967..comments2024-01-21T20:42:29.223-06:00Comments on The Extraordinary Ordinary: Hurts so goodHeather of the EOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14607422301391841377noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-34428880314399191512010-03-19T23:00:21.520-05:002010-03-19T23:00:21.520-05:00You are exactly where you need to be right now.
...You are exactly where you need to be right now. <br /><br />I know how you feel. <br /><br />Next week I celebrate 13 years. Last night I had the opportunity to share my 1st step with a 15 year old. FIFTEEN and 60 days sober. I started drinking when I was 15. Man. Then I went to my meeting and presented on Step 11. It was amazing. <br /><br />You will do this thing, Heather. And you will keep growing. And you will someday turn around and marvel at how beautiful and marvelous your life is in sobriety. :)Marketing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092466674384204546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-41593803432377098492010-03-19T12:43:07.780-05:002010-03-19T12:43:07.780-05:00Just listening.Just listening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-10034886355265500602010-03-19T10:12:27.245-05:002010-03-19T10:12:27.245-05:00You've had so much change in your life in the ...You've had so much change in your life in the last few months...and, really, the last few years...that's it's no surprise you feel unbalanced and strange to yourself. We all change, though, you know? I'm a lot different from the person I used to be...and, yet, I'm still me somehow. And you're still you. Love you!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924784279928092348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-50993535045800431542010-03-19T07:02:44.697-05:002010-03-19T07:02:44.697-05:00me too...
xo, crockme too...<br />xo, crockCrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177642404941332529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-67065518063745067982010-03-18T20:48:15.852-05:002010-03-18T20:48:15.852-05:00I too am learning things from your sharing this jo...I too am learning things from your sharing this journey of yours with us.<br /><br />yay for friends.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619293936418976914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-90070954328988463672010-03-18T17:39:41.849-05:002010-03-18T17:39:41.849-05:00you're awesome heather. and so honest. somet...you're awesome heather. and so honest. sometimes it is good to sit with things, by yourself, to really do the hard work. and you know your friends (here and there and cyber-where) are rooting for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838867513383698061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-56387579774996952322010-03-18T16:43:30.606-05:002010-03-18T16:43:30.606-05:00I am so proud of you for sharing with us. Many of ...I am so proud of you for sharing with us. Many of us are not those friends you moved away from, but you are telling us as if we <i>are</i> those friends.<br /><br />So many of us tend to think that once a change happens that it is permanent. Change is a process and it will take time. Recognizing that there is a difference helps you see the path that is ahead of you.<br /><br />The best of skill in your journey of change,Cajohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705931109877069830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-43208061115167671362010-03-18T16:19:37.599-05:002010-03-18T16:19:37.599-05:00It sound like it feels good to feel. Whether it f...It sound like it feels good to feel. Whether it feels wrong or right or whatever. Maybe it's the feeling itself that counts, yeah?<br /><br />You are amazing.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270661693698065581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-44126015577126167172010-03-18T14:38:08.009-05:002010-03-18T14:38:08.009-05:00Have I told you lately that you're awesome? I...Have I told you lately that you're awesome? I think about you a lot. I wish I could go to BlogHer this year and hug you way harder than I did last year. Your voice is so real and it is really a blessing to me that I get to read it.swonderfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211968241355253269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-80042778469397161262010-03-18T12:44:13.580-05:002010-03-18T12:44:13.580-05:00Wow. It's a huge commitment. And I honestly do...Wow. It's a huge commitment. And I honestly don't think I've ever been so commited to anything in my whole life (except maybe my marriage and my kids). I've been reading your posts but not commenting a lot. Honestly it's hard for me to relate. Even when I try to pin in to my food addiciton issues. I want to be here for you thought and I think about you often. Did you get my text I sent while walking to the park?? Miss you.Susan Berlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751377135395989730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-26523995464633198282010-03-18T12:25:19.863-05:002010-03-18T12:25:19.863-05:00You ans Sobriety are going to become BFFs before y...You ans Sobriety are going to become BFFs before you even know it. Text her, call her, send her emails. She will love you through it all.Kazzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411131948607000725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-53047423558337596232010-03-18T10:15:58.166-05:002010-03-18T10:15:58.166-05:00I'm with Ann, and Lee, and Becky on this. Root...I'm with Ann, and Lee, and Becky on this. Rooting for you from my little corner over here. (That's me with my arms raised above my head, pumping the air in my Go Heather! t-shirt.)<br /><br />xo e.Elizabeth @claritychaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378413620649405525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-50778463192923109112010-03-18T08:58:20.061-05:002010-03-18T08:58:20.061-05:00WE are going to be ok! or Okay. or OK.
You are g...WE are going to be ok! or Okay. or OK. <br /><br />You are going to be wonderful because you already are.<br /><br />Much love to youBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478272444205279342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-73082926470015390582010-03-18T08:51:05.702-05:002010-03-18T08:51:05.702-05:00I admire you so much! Hang in there!I admire you so much! Hang in there!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660156433881882098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-71863196513636586232010-03-18T08:29:20.288-05:002010-03-18T08:29:20.288-05:00I love the honesty here. I think the people who re...I love the honesty here. I think the people who read you often and who consider you a friend will not be alarmed by the "alone in sobriety" part of this post. <br /><br />Because overcoming addiction DOES require you to not only look at yourself differently, it requires you to re-work your relationships. To figure out how those relationships are going to work now that alcohol isn't in the picture and you feel like a different person. And that's HARD.<br /><br />There's no shame in saying that it's hard. Or that you feel confused. Or that you feel alone. It's the truth. But we're not worried about you, because we know you're strong enough to navigate through this. We know that you will be okay. We will be okay. (((hugs)))TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-34085202425597049512010-03-18T08:10:11.731-05:002010-03-18T08:10:11.731-05:00I so love that--"We'll be okay." Gr...I so love that--"We'll be okay." Grammatically such a small difference from "You'll be okay," but WOW, what a HUGE difference. I love this.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261631036924864088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-49959746834752589252010-03-18T08:08:16.164-05:002010-03-18T08:08:16.164-05:00I'm sitting here thinking of all the other peo...I'm sitting here thinking of all the other people who read your posts like this. Thinking of how strange it must feel to be turned upside down and inside out. I'm thinking of how much this is helping them and how much they needed to hear it, even if you never know. And I'm thinking that it's really easy to see the effect the world has on you, but it's hard to see the effect you have on the world. <br /><br />So I just want to say there might be a lot of the former for you right now, but there's a whole lot more of the latter.Billy Coffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988347213957444145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-10345611986708146532010-03-18T07:39:13.439-05:002010-03-18T07:39:13.439-05:00Yes, Sue. It's true.(the making of the new fr...Yes, Sue. It's true.(the making of the new friends). But I do want to point out that my closest friends are people who don't drink like I did. We don't have to drink to spend time together so I'm not missing them for that reason. We did do a variety of things together, many of which had nothing to do with drinking. Just sayin' :) That said, it WILL be good to become friends with people in my same shoes, which is happening, thankfully. I'll stop rambling now.NLS 1993https://www.blogger.com/profile/13459019064975338207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-88423450650119945602010-03-18T00:57:41.516-05:002010-03-18T00:57:41.516-05:00And maybe (maybe?) in some small way it will be go...And maybe (maybe?) in some small way it will be good to make new friends with new routines, new habits, new places to go, new ways to have fun. <br /><br />Bravo Heather.TheOneTrueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152442732262673983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-36331793267619728822010-03-17T23:10:52.513-05:002010-03-17T23:10:52.513-05:00When I adopted my son, my roommate acknowledged th...When I adopted my son, my roommate acknowledged that she is addicted to alcohol. It was so difficult for us to both adjust to our new lives and everything felt ill-fitting and raw, but one day we realized we had transitioned from old to new and new was really amazing. It'll come. Just hold on and keep doing what you're doing.Kelly Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738542739547858853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-17914869402506475732010-03-17T22:17:20.984-05:002010-03-17T22:17:20.984-05:00I know what you mean about having friends but bein...I know what you mean about having friends but being alone. There are certain parts that a person must do alone, struggle through and decide on their own. To have a friend who will hold your hand, cry with you and be there on the other side is a wonderful thing. Wonderful book quotes.Sara @ Domestically Challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245599062507705190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-18986765975097473572010-03-17T20:07:33.847-05:002010-03-17T20:07:33.847-05:00It was really interesting to read this...especiall...It was really interesting to read this...especially the part about you and your friend. I suppose there are many people that don't know how to handle their relationship with you...don't know what to say, or do, or not do, or not say. They don't know. <br /><br />I never really thought of how scary it would be to be on the other side...your side...where you worry about losing everyone because you are not drinking anymore. I guess it could make you feel like drinking was who you were, and now, you don't know. But drinking is not who you were...drinking only masked the you that everyone would want to know. You have so much to offer, and I'm glad we're getting to see it!!!Kristen@nosmallthinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179729832299127748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-56979070404019809632010-03-17T19:45:31.909-05:002010-03-17T19:45:31.909-05:00If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be rig...If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right.<br /><br />HA!<br /><br />Sorry. That song is in my mind after this post and well, I just had to write it.<br /><br />Oh dude. Believe it or not, I totally get this. This feeling of starting over - of growing up - of facing the day in an entirely new way. Of doing something that forces you to look deep within to face who you are in a whole new way. <br /><br />I haven't known you so long my friend but I've seen glimpses of your heart and soul both before and after the line you crossed over - and I can definitively say I dig you. <br /><br />xoxo<br />LeeLee Vandemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04971330113441169156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-50256726949542549822010-03-17T19:16:33.599-05:002010-03-17T19:16:33.599-05:00We are going to be okay, friend. Keep on keeping ...We are going to be okay, friend. Keep on keeping on and hopefully, one day, it will get easier and feel more right.Mommy Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253085170545717474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-32063565226577875062010-03-17T19:16:29.070-05:002010-03-17T19:16:29.070-05:00I can only begin to imagine how different everyday...I can only begin to imagine how different everyday tasks feel. You just keep doing what you're doing! Muah!Keyonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875993010376385468noreply@blogger.com