This weekend has been tough on me personally. I think I must have burned through a billion brain cells agonizing over whether or not I should start this blog. I talked myself into it and out then out of the idea at least three times in one twenty-four hour period.
I have spent a little over a year in al-anon. During that time I have learned many things. This weekend the slogan "Feelings aren't facts" was my lifesaver. Emotionally, I am drained. My stomach is in knots even as I write this. But, I know from experience, that once I post this first message that the feelings will start to subside.
This posting will be brief. Suffice it to say, I am feeling afraid today. Afraid of failure, afraid of success, afraid of wasting your time, afraid that you may be nodding your head in understanding. I am afraid of expressing myself