Sunday, May 27, 2007

I'm still plucking along~~~

Hello all!!!!!!!!!!!
God it seems like forever since I have been on here. I don't even know where to begin. First off I think I shold start by saying I have been really good......tired, full, angry, sad, pissed, hopeful, stressed, and depressed all in one.
Here is some great news though....today is 27 days and no relapse>>>>Can you freaking believe it????
This program I am in is so wonderful. It has completely brought me to a whole new place in my life that I totally thought was gone forever.
I have been doing such hard work and have been so completely out of it, but thankfully to some refeeding I have been able to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.
I have been working with a therapist who is totally AMAZING!!!! I honestly believe she is one of the the greatest gifts that I have ever received. I thank my lucky stars that I have been able to be completely honest and open with her. She has so much faith in me and makes me feel like I am worth something. She challanges me everyday and makes me own up to and face issues that I never wanted to even think about again which I think is so freaking awesome.
I did family therapy with my mom on Thurday and it was awesome, she was able to be honest with me afterwards which was so cool because for so long I have felt so disconnected to not only her who is my best friend in the world but to everyone else in my life including little C which I hate to admit but I have to. I have really been the worst mom ever these last few months and I think that only now I have been able to really see it! I have missed out on so much with him and it makes me sick to think that he could have had to grow up without not only a dad but a mom to.
I love that little man and vow now not only to myself but to all of you that I will never do what I have been doing to him again. He deserves to have a great and amazing mom and I deserve to have my little man!
Treatment this time has been so different for me. I feel like with being older and understanding things and life a bit more I have been able to do alot more work on myself and have been able to appericate the true meaning of recovery. I struggle with the temtation to engage everyday but am becoming stronger and stronger and am learning new ways of dealing all the time. I still have probable 3 or 4 weeks to go and then will probable go to a program a few nights a week after I leave this one but to be honest with you I look forward to it.
I have met some wonderful people here and have been able to remember that I am not alone in all of this, all of you are such an inspiration to me and I have talked about my blog world family more than a few times and I honestly feel that you all are one of the only reason why I made myself go through all of this (meaning treatmen)!
Huge hugs to you!
I go home on the weekends, and I cannot even beging to tell you how freaking fab it is to see my little man.... We have been having so much fun together and I have been able to finally appericate again what it mean to be a mom. I have become such a different person in the last month, its crazy!~

I get scared all the time when I think of how I could have lost EVERYTHING!!! I also get terrified when I think about how easy it is to fall back into this terrible disease. I hate and love my ed so much.
When seeing my mom this weekend she said something to me that has not left my mind and I don't think ever will. She told me that she had already decided on what she was ghoing to do if I died. She was going to take little C and move to Canada so that his father would never be able to get him. It made me sick to think that I actually had put her in a space where she was having to actually plan for my death. I love that woman so much and cannot ever imagine my life without her.
I don't think I will ever really realize how close I was to dying and that I was actually killing myself, I still have a hard time completely admitting to myself that I even have and eating disorder, it feels so not right and for some reason I just have not fully been able to connect to it!
Well its getting late here and I have to go do dinner,,,,,,ugh but I gotta do it....right???? haha I know!
I will try to post every soon, I miss all of you so much and again thank you FF so much for keeping everyone up to date, youi are an amazing friend and Im so greatful for you!!!!!
I think of you all, all the time and wish you nothing but happienss!!!!!
Please know I am well and will continue to work my ass of to try to beat this shity ED!!!!
Take care
lots of love lauren

23 comments:

æ said...

hi Lauren!!

I couldn't sleep and came in here to get something--I am so glad I flipped on the computer and found this post.

You are so amazing. You really are. You're such a wonderful woman. You deserve the gift of an amazing therapist, amazing relationships, an amazing life. You really do. It fills my heart with happiness to see you getting them.

I love you so much. I can't wait to keep racking up those days with you. 27 is awesome.

love,
ae

Soledad said...

LAUREN!!!!!!
I am sooooo proud...and a little jealous about 27 days:) You are an inspiration to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am IMPRESSED!

I am also really proud of how you are owning up to your "stuff" whatever it may be. That is tough....you go girl:)

Keep kicking ass. I love hearing about your success! I am sending you STRENGTH!


xoxo

Sole

Sarah said...

Oh Lauren, this is the best thing I've read in a long time! I am so happy for you, little C and your parents. You have been working so hard and it really shows. I am so proud of you and when I think that things are too hard I am going to remember all you have accomplished so far and all you have ahead of you.

You are truly an amazing woman. I admire and love you so much! I hope you can feel all the love and support of your blog family. I think about you so often.

Xoxo
Sarah

CG said...

aw, Lauren! So wonderful to hear from you. You are seriously such an inspiration to me - today I am on DAY 4, no b/p, and I know what the fight feels like! aaa I am so proud of you and keep it up! mmmwah

Mary said...

Lauren! What a great post, I'm so glad to hear this program has been good for you. I am super proud and happy for the future you see with your family now. Keep working and know we are all pulling for you!

PTC said...

Hey Lauren! So good to hear from you and I'm glad that things are going well and that you're learning so much about yourself. I know it's hard but keep plugging away. You can do it, babe!

xoxo

SugarKane said...

I'm so proud of you. You're putting up one hell of a fight. I know you can do it.

Hey, what is your email? I made my blog private so I have to send you an invite for you to be able to read it.

<3 Hang in there and keep up the fight!!

HPS said...

ackckckckckck, way to go!!! i'm so, so happy for you that this program worked out so well! one day at a time. i'm glad your mother told you what she was thinking. it's crazy how convincing denial can be, how you (er, general "you," not lauren "you") can look back later and be horrified and shocked by what you couldn't/wouldn't see at the time.

cue the soundtrack to Rocky or something. =)

xoxoxoxoxoxox and much love,
Pav

lauren said...

ae- you are such an inspiration to me, have been since I started and will continue to be, you are an amazing woman and work so hard daily to keep going, Im so proud of you!!!!
Love you Lauren

sole- Thank you so much for your support, you have no idea what it means to me to have support from everyone here, don't be jealous of the 27 days, they are just a start and I believe they are reachable by any of us all it takes is the hope that I know is in all of us!!!! We just have to find it!!!
Huge hugs and love to you!
Lauren

Sarah-
You have been here for me so many times when I have felt so alone in not only this world but my own world, thank you so much for that, I treasure you so much. Im so greatful for all of the support from my family, and I know I am so lucky to have it! I struggle on an hourly basis but seem to work my way through it, not sure how but the support from you and other makes it just a little bit more tolerable. I hate this terrible disease and trust me when I tell you you are an amazing beautiful woman and deserve more than this.
Love lauren

Cookiegirl-
Way to go beautiful girl, 4 days in amazing, I am so proud of you and I know then pain and and struggles you are facing everyday, but you can do it you have to do it or else you will have to deal with me.........muah sweetie you are so awesome!!!!
love lauren

disordered girl
How I miss reading your posts, you always found a way to keep me plucking along and your power as a woman is so freaking fab to me. I treasure you are your words of wisdom that you share with all of us!!!
Love Lauren

PTC_
Oh woman I miss you so much!, You make me smile on a daily basis, well I wish you still had the ability to do that but with me not being able to check everyday I have to live off all of your prior words!! I know that you have had such a hard time being able to connect with actually having this disease, trust me I still deal with that all the time, but actually for the first time yesterday I was able to finally see it which was so eye opening for me! I hope one day you are able to connect with it and know that you are worth so freaking much more than this shit!!!
I miss and treasure you
Lauren

HHSK-
Thank you so much for all of your support sweetie<
I hope you are doing well and I want you to remember it is never to late to stop this horrible life owning bull shit! You have such an amazing life ahead of you and need to see that! I want so much more for you than this!!!!
my email is hchance1009@yahoo.com!
Please take care and know how beautiful you are
love you lauren

Pav-
God woman you so made me smile this am when I read this!
Thank you so much for your words, they make me want to continue to keep working hard and keep doing what I know I have to even though it is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life!!! I hate that other people are dealing with this too, it is so not fare but I also know we are so lucky to be able to have the opportunity to help others and be such words of wisdom for anyone who struggles, because there are so freaking many of them out there!!!!
Love you Lauren

sarah said...

lauren,
so happy to hear how well you're doing. sending you oodles and zoodles of love and strength.

what a lucky boy that little C is, to have the love of such a strong, amazing, brave mommy...

love,
lulu

æ said...

yes lauren, I love hearing from you too. you just sound stronger and stronger every single time. you are so amazing.

lots of love,
ae

Sarah said...

Lauren, you sound so wonderful, this makes me so happy, I can't even say how much. You just amaze me!

love you,
Sarah

CG said...

keeep going!!! I am hopefully starting a treatment program tomorrow evening and am thinking of you, mmmwah

Feisty Frida said...

Hi there!!!! I just got back and was happy to read this post!! You are kicking ass!! I got your card...you are so sweet Lauren, you really are.

Lots and lots of love,
Frida
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Sarah said...

duuuuuude, I miss you so much. I hope you're doing well. I'm so proud of you!

xoxo
Sarah

Mary said...

Hey Lauren,
Just wanted to pop in and say we are missing you around here, but hopeful that it means you are making great progress and taking care of you right now!

DG

æ said...

Hi Lauren,
I've been thinking of you today. You have the strength to light up the world. You are doing this, all right!!

love,
ae

CG said...

come back I need your advice, strong one!! :) mmwah

Sarah said...

missing you

so proud of you

Feisty Frida said...

Miss you so much Babe, drop us a note if you get a chance.

Love ya lots,
Frida

æ said...

saw your face pop up today and wanted to say hi, keep going, and take care!

lots of love and support,
ae

sarah said...

hi lauren!
i saw you had visited sarah and wanted to let you know I think of you often - and wonder how you're doing, and hope that you're doing good good good terrrrrrrrrrrrrific.

love,
lulu

Sarah said...

Happy Graduation babe! I'm really really proud of you!!

xoxo
Sarah