tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529100918767498816.post2064841405597877321..comments2012-04-08T18:36:39.386-07:00Comments on Behind the Lies: Fear, Recovery and Hope: BFFBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14780054106587057867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529100918767498816.post-26413995476480509382009-12-05T20:04:10.268-08:002009-12-05T20:04:10.268-08:00Great post. I am trying to learn how to have frie...Great post. I am trying to learn how to have friends as an adult with boundaries. I try to practice reaching out with my recovery friends, but I am the worst at making phone calls. Terrible. I'm trying to practice, to stop isolating. I laugh because most of us in my recovery group are exactly the same way.Novicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141900284505167850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529100918767498816.post-89847031299582210632009-11-23T20:42:22.027-08:002009-11-23T20:42:22.027-08:00This is great, B. I totally get it. I really relat...This is great, B. I totally get it. I really relate to all of this, especially having a friend now you realize you couldn't have had in pre-recovery days.<br /><br />I used to get so scared when people got close to me that I sometimes would go totally cold-- I think it was a way I protected myself growing up, that I didn't realize I could stop doing as an adult. I thought they would demand too much of me and I didn't have anything to give. Sad, huh?<br /><br />So I want to thank you for this post. Because I'm totally avoiding Thursday... and even seeing a brining bag makes me cry-- but somehow, your post managed to slip through that inner pain about a holiday while getting divorced, and reach me.<br /><br />thank you. :)<br /><br />and p.s.-- Come on, we would be here if our families weren't also inappropriate conversationalists, would we!? <br /><br />big hugs, B.Bernadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551640226103805937noreply@blogger.com