Acceptance doesn’t mean that life gets better; it just means that my way of living life on life’s terms improves.
Sharon E. RaineyStichwörter: life acceptance
Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for help. I wanted to end my life and my misery.
Sharon E. RaineyThe routine helped the healing process. It gave me structure. It eliminated any sense of surprise, which at that point, I really didn’t want anymore surprises in my life. Routine gave me the foundation for creat- ing a healthier life.
Sharon E. RaineyI thought that day was the end of my life. It was the end of the world as I knew and understood it. I was taking another step into the unknown, again, onto a path unknown, grappled with fear and anxiety.
Sharon E. RaineyIf you stop drinking, I’ll stop taking Valium, and then we’ll see who’s who and who’s what.
Sharon E. RaineyI am not proud of this moment. It is not one I share with others often, and rarely have I done so. It was hard to live through then. And it is difficult to walk through now, 22+ years later. But this is the moment that lay to rest every doubt about whether or not I had a “problem.
Sharon E. RaineyDeep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet, very quiet. But it was clear. And it was true. “If you go back into that house, you will never come back out.
Sharon E. RaineyAs we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives.
Sharon E. RaineyI call it an Aha! moment. It is the moment when I can hear, when I know, that an answer is being offered to me. All other sounds measurably fade, including the banter in my brain. It is when the answer travels from my heart to my head and says, “This is so.” No questions follow, no objections interrupt; just the recognition that I must listen and follow.
Sharon E. RaineyI could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I don’t have to like what happened; I just need to accept that it indeed occurred.
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