Posted by Clayton on November 4, 2003, at 12:54:01
In reply to Re: Meth, Brain Damage, Dysfunction and Life » Clayton, posted by BarbaraCat on November 1, 2003, at 14:46:53
BarbaraCat,
Thank you for your kind, empatic and very optimistic reply to my post. You made my day!
By the way, my father was a violent alchoholic, too. I also will never know the ultimate causes of my afflictions.
I strive to stay positive and usually succceed. I look at my problems as no different than anyone elses. Some people are born with horrible congenital defects, some low IQ. Life is not fair and we must play the hand dealt us. We CHOOSE to be happy and productive despite any impediments we may have. When all else fails, and we are at the nadir of depression, we still have a choice: to say "yes" or "no" to life. Despite debilitaing emotional states,we still have the freedom to choose to do right or wrong; to behave as ethical human beings and cling to our values. Above all, we can choose, no matter how badly we feel, to be kind to other hunam beings as you have been to me. More than anything else, thinking about the well-being of others instead of embrassing my own mysery, has pulled meout of the wirst of depresions.Thank you again ffor your wonderful response.
poster:Clayton
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