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@Florian, etc. I've got an idea and I wanted to run it past you all to gain insight. Right now I volunteer in a Veterans' Mentor Court where we help vets detained (not necessarily arrested) by police for drugs and alcohol issues. Anyway, I'm keen to create an Appalachian Trail program for the...

@Frieda, I looked at some of the sites you suggested to Florian7051. As a female who was a REMF from the era of Persian Gulf, Desert Storm/Shield, Panama & Bosnia I don't identify with most veteran groups. Yeah, I can tell crazy stories about not having a weapon beyond a syringe to protect...

@Florian7051, Congratulations! These posts on this thread are truly a blessing in helping me to realize that I do have a support network and that I can also be supportive for others. For this, thank you! Also, it is with immense pleasure to know that SDs are increasing in number for all of us...

@Frieda, @Florian7051 thank you for your well-penned emails. It really hit the nail on the head about how much we can best support each other, be real with ourselves AND with others. We vets simply must stick together because that's the only way we're going to effectively reduce that 22 to 21...

@Florian7051, your candor is greatly appreciated. I do know that you would've improvised whatever was needed to keep your friend alive. That's just how your roll. How do I know? Because you just extended your hand to me (a complete stranger) to help me get through the darkest moments. You're...

@Link Removed, I feel your pain. I really, really do but on the flip side. I'm going to ask you point blank what you would've done if you had known that s/he was so close to the abyss? I'm asking you because I'm coming out of a rough 24 hours and I'm seriously needing your insight. Yeah, I'm...

@Bkinder , I have a cape cod starter castle in which I live in the top part--two rooms, bathroom and "kitchenette" in closet. The rest of the house? I rent out. Now I live free, in bed as much as I want when I'm not busy and a cleaner even comes over twice a month to keep the main floor looking...

@Link Removed, welcome to the Forum and kudos to you for introducing yourself. Like you, I have issues with paperwork piling up--even the checks that just need to be deposited are in that pile.What steps are you trying to implement to get the pile under control? Is it just specific paperwork...

The six days per week REALLY works for me. I could never give up forever on _____. But I can postpone for a few days and think about ____!!! If I have a planned outing, I can make that my off day OR I can just hit my mile markers and then tell myself that on a certain particular day I'm going...

I've chosen to be kind to myself recently while maintaining great control. (Formerly had a lifetime of eating issues with my weight.) Six days per week I'm on course and on the 7th I eat whatever my mind imagines. BFL by Bill Phillips is my baseline on eating and exercise although I don't push...

@Brturner13, Just as feedback, as of this a.m., with 32 days of silent mode, my cop and I are back again better than ever with definitive long-term relationship progress. (He has untreated PTSD and I have PTSD.) Rather than focus on his issues, I adjusted my behavior according to Myers-Briggs...

Kudos to you. I'm rebuilding myself from a previous fundamental marriage where we didn't even touch prior to marriage (not even to hold hands) so dating is new to me outside orthodoxy.

@BJ, yeah, I have been known to say "I believe that I am more than a mere vessel for others' sexual conquests." and I was grateful to have been pushed to the point to establish this healthy boundary because it told me that the other person is either going to respect it or,....if not, then that...

*or just isolates when stressed.

@Brtrurner13, When I read your vent, I thought it was me who wrote it---same time frame, same sort of rollercoaster, nearly the same end. Well, I started a fight just to end it because I need a concise "This isn't going to work" but I know in my heart that when I'm in his area (he's a cop) that...