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IrmaJean Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I hope things go okay for you at the treatment center, OH. I can imagine you would feel uneasy not knowing what to expect. Maybe try to take one day at a time? I will be thinking of you. Wishing you healing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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finding my way Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I know I would need to take a stuffed animal--- to have a friendly face to look into, but that's me!!Take us with you if you can, OH! Wishing you health and healing also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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finding my way Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Can you take anything personal? Pictures? a pet rock? (I have stones that are special to me, so just wondered)Being scared is only human... Do you feel supported by your family to go? We support you, Only Human!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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finding my way Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Many here know how very difficult things can get, OH. We support you in this struggle!Do you need some healthy distractions to get through the weekend maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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malign Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 In the eight days I spent in a hospital, I missed having things to read or puzzles to do. Some of the staff listened and started photocopying Sudoku puzzles for us. They had a chess set and jigsaw puzzles, too, which helped pass time. Everyone's needs are different, though.Overall, they were trying to get us to relate to each other as people more, which was actually helpful. It was funny: people seemed to break up into groups by their disorders, but because that way they could be more supportive to each other. It was like patient-to-patient therapy. I suspect you'll have a more structured program than the sort of emergency holding ward that I was in.Be open to people around you, if you can. I keep some of the most vivid impressions of people from that time, people I was destined to know for only a few days. I still carry a copy of the Serenity Prayer that one of the recovering alcoholics copied out for me, because I didn't have one.Regaining what you've lost has no motivating power? {Since what you've lost most is yourself ...} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I wish you well, too, OH! I hope it will be truly helpful to you...Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LaLa Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Journal and doodle pad sound like a great idea to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finding my way Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Maybe get a pen you think is really cool to write with, or a fun pencil. There are a lot of choices out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dvnJ22 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I can't bring stuffed animals or any bedding. I leave Monday. I'm not even there yet and am already ready to back out.Thanks, finding.Fucking fascists. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finding my way Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 When you open yourself up to feeling there will be all kinds of emotions.... etc I looked up zolocolor book--- That looks like fun, OH!I know things are hard right now. Feelings are a genuine path, and we need feelings to heal. We need compassion and care too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallstar Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Comfortable clothes, sweat shirts. I forgot a sweat shirt once and even though it was summer it's cold in those places. I don't know where you're going but places I've been have had pools or took people to the beach so you might want a bathing suit. And definitely things to read cause you probably can't have your phone so you'll be bored. If I think of other things I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallstar Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Towels, I always bring my own towels cause I think it's disgusting to use community towels. I would bring several cause who knows what laundry rules are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallstar Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Oh one last thing, if you smoke bring plenty of cigarettes cause depending where you wind up they may not make enough cigarette runs. I wouldn't trust anything you read about the place because it doesn't always work the way they say it will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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finding my way Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 We are here for you, Only Human!!!! Know that during your stay, if that is helpful for you. Hope you get to see some nature while you are there. That can really help me most times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IrmaJean Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Wishing you healing, OH.Sending care and support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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