The link you posted is the same
: one I went to before, but I still
: can't see the details. Anyway, I
: can make Monday evening US chats -
: yay!

dont worry you are not missing anything there, I copied the times from the reminder on the conversations list.

Also, I
: will be more willing this time to
: ask for help when I get stuck.

great plan. I wonder why we are so very independant and Do It All By Myself!! its certainly very healing just to step out of that and ask

: I felt caught - didn't know what to
: do about journal (and I did not
: ask anyone here of course!), and
: knew I shouldn't try moving to
: step 3 until journal was
: "steady" - like
: breakfast. And I wanted to crawl
: out of my skin most days. I guess
: I expected journal to have a
: positive effect on how I felt -
: like breakfast had; and when it
: didn't, I gave up, felt like I
: failed the step somehow.

Jane, I dont think you 'failed' that bit of step at all! early journal is a record, in later steps it evolves into a conversation. All that previous experience you had will stand you in good stead this time

my early journal only had 2 words in it. Anxious and Uneasy.
these two words were IT, until late step 3 when some happier words started to appear

: So - breakfast today was a roast beef
: & cheese sandwich on whole
: wheat bread. On time for the first
: time in a long while (timing is
: the first thing to go for me). I
: think I may re-join the breakfast
: list until I'm steady, and see how
: Conversations goes.

on time, protein, brown Love that idea about step one list. and I can wave to you via the transcrips on conversations later on