MommaTried24
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Oh I am so glad to know you are doing better and taking care of yourself ANewLife4Me! I am an emotional eater too. Been that way since my son started seizing when he was 8. Always eating my feelings and now I eat because it's been one of the few things that I enjoy in life besides my goldfish pond and my flowers. You've inspired me so much with these posts that I'm going to do better too. I'll be 59 one month from today. I watched a show called HEAL last night and it was very eye opening. Stress and our negative thoughts can make us sick. Add eating unhealthy on top of that and it's so not good! Yep, I love me some pizza too!
I had a good day yesterday and I hope you did too. A BBQ sounds nice for you and your husband. I'm glad you still have him and you two have stuck together through all of this with your daughter. Again, I cannot begin to tell you how much you've helped me these last few days. I really appreciate you taking the time to message me. It's meant more than you'll ever know. Literally saving me from myself!
I had a good day yesterday and I hope you did too. A BBQ sounds nice for you and your husband. I'm glad you still have him and you two have stuck together through all of this with your daughter. Again, I cannot begin to tell you how much you've helped me these last few days. I really appreciate you taking the time to message me. It's meant more than you'll ever know. Literally saving me from myself!
You also have inspired and encouraged me to continue on what I must do….that possibly it won’t be the very worst thing in the world. As all of the wonderful parents on here have shown us that the children who are homeless, while not a good situation at all, are making it. Those worst case scenarios are first thoughts when in fact the reality is nothing at all like we imagined. Take jail for instance, horrible thoughts of beatings, her being so scared. In reality she told me it’s not bad at all, they play cards and mostly sleep the day away or watch tv. Our minds are our greatest enemy. 
As I say baby steps, we cannot tackle everything in one go. Say with my diet, am allowing cheating or else I would go bonkers. 
I see progress and am not going to stop but, at my pace will continue as I see and am able too. I wake up each day as a new beginning, a new start no matter what happened yesterday….let it go. 
We would think this would make him want to really try and change his life around huh? My daughter has had similar issues happen to her, not in jail that I know of, and if I were in her shoes…..would never want it to happen ever again. You and I are only a year apart in age so you definitely understand when I say our children’s generation is so different than when we were raised. More feelings of entitlement and that they can do no wrong, get away with anything and everything. It’s not just for those who have mental issues, my son is the very same. A tough world out there for them, so very thankful I do not have grandchildren who have to deal with all that’s going on these days. 
I'm lucky in that I do have my health (so far) and I don't have to take medications. My son has had to take prescription drugs every 12 hours for the last 18 years. At one point he was on 27 pills a day and having visual an auditory hallucinations because of them so I totally get how you feel about the medications. Thankfully, he doesn't do that anymore since the brain surgery. The fact that your docs put in your chart that "patient is happy and laughing, cannot be in that much pain" is insane! That just means you truly are a winner!! I am proud you keep fighting the good fight! My mom had those dizzy spells. They diagnosed her with vertigo and come to find out she had an inner ear infection with zero pain. My boss had it too and it was the same thing. Wish it was the case for you. Just be careful! 
