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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 622243" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Another huge tool I just thought of is LAUGHTER. I am so fortunate in that my SO is a very funny guy and my girlfriends are also funny, they all can make me laugh. If I can laugh about something, I can heal, I can get better, I can make it. Laughter has gotten me through my crazy life, it has helped me in ways really nothing else has..........it is a healing salve that changes everything. I feel so grateful for the ability to laugh, to laugh at myself, to laugh at the world, to laugh at the absurdity of life, to laugh at what I can't change..........</p><p></p><p>Tonight I had dinner with my best friend. I was telling her the shortened version of my difficult child tale of woe. Jail, food stamps, a women's shelter, homeless, the jalopy of a car, the cats, all of it............When I finished my serious account, she looked at me absolutely straight faced and said, "you must be so proud." </p><p></p><p>She and I laughed so hard, so uproariously and for so long, tears were running down my face. It was such an incredible release. (and she really is a compassionate lovely person, and very funny with her 'dark' humor..........I love that about her)</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, I would have to add laughter as a major tool in my tool box.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 622243, member: 13542"] Another huge tool I just thought of is LAUGHTER. I am so fortunate in that my SO is a very funny guy and my girlfriends are also funny, they all can make me laugh. If I can laugh about something, I can heal, I can get better, I can make it. Laughter has gotten me through my crazy life, it has helped me in ways really nothing else has..........it is a healing salve that changes everything. I feel so grateful for the ability to laugh, to laugh at myself, to laugh at the world, to laugh at the absurdity of life, to laugh at what I can't change.......... Tonight I had dinner with my best friend. I was telling her the shortened version of my difficult child tale of woe. Jail, food stamps, a women's shelter, homeless, the jalopy of a car, the cats, all of it............When I finished my serious account, she looked at me absolutely straight faced and said, "you must be so proud." She and I laughed so hard, so uproariously and for so long, tears were running down my face. It was such an incredible release. (and she really is a compassionate lovely person, and very funny with her 'dark' humor..........I love that about her) So, yeah, I would have to add laughter as a major tool in my tool box. [/QUOTE]
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