Comments for Alive http://eileenisalive.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:14:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Help by sherry http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-14209 sherry Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:46:31 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-14209 Good morning Eileen, i check your blog every single morning and was so pleased to see that you had written yesterday. Good to hear you......I'm glad you have a health aide, that has to be very helpful. And Sara is pregnant????!!!! yey! how exciting! i still need to get over there. tried to call and left you messages a couple times. Is it ok to just stop by after work sometime? it would be like 4:30 in the afternoon. Take good care Eileen, and know that i think of you all the time and i love you s Good morning Eileen,
i check your blog every single morning and was so pleased to see that you had written yesterday. Good to hear you……I’m glad you have a health aide, that has to be very helpful. And Sara is pregnant????!!!! yey! how exciting! i still need to get over there. tried to call and left you messages a couple times. Is it ok to just stop by after work sometime? it would be like 4:30 in the afternoon.
Take good care Eileen, and know that i think of you all the time and i love you
s

]]> Comment on Help by eileen http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-14205 eileen Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:28:20 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-14205 Hi world I am back and I hope to be here for a while. I have a new health aide who comes to the house monday thru friday her name is jennifer and I am very happy to have her. Well my youngest daughter is expecting dec. 3rd and we are very happy. Melissa has four boys and they are getting big I love them all. Life is getting a little more difficult for me, just every day things and so far I have not drank and I gotta work hard to keep it that way. I will be back, Eileen Hi world I am back and I hope to be here for a while. I have a new health aide who comes to the house monday thru friday her name is jennifer and I am very happy to have her. Well my youngest daughter is expecting dec. 3rd and we are very happy. Melissa has four boys and they are getting big I love them all. Life is getting a little more difficult for me, just every day things and so far I have not drank and I gotta work hard to keep it that way. I will be back, Eileen

]]> Comment on Help by Ernest Dempsey http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12897 Ernest Dempsey Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:59:00 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12897 Hello Eileen, I reviewed your book last year and through your agent/ book publicist had an email interview with you. It's great to see that you are holding on to the good in your life and had a good Christmas. I now am the editor of a self-help jorunal about healing and recovery. It is called "Recovering the Self" and you can visit it online at www.recoveringself.com. It is issued from Michigan. We have a wonderful book reviewer Patricia W. Jones who loves books about healing/recovery. I just suggested to her to pick your book for reviewing for our next issue. If you think you'd like to contribute an article, you are welcome to submit. Wishing you well and happy, Ernest Dempsey Hello Eileen,

I reviewed your book last year and through your agent/ book publicist had an email interview with you. It’s great to see that you are holding on to the good in your life and had a good Christmas. I now am the editor of a self-help jorunal about healing and recovery. It is called “Recovering the Self” and you can visit it online at http://www.recoveringself.com. It is issued from Michigan. We have a wonderful book reviewer Patricia W. Jones who loves books about healing/recovery. I just suggested to her to pick your book for reviewing for our next issue. If you think you’d like to contribute an article, you are welcome to submit.

Wishing you well and happy,

Ernest Dempsey

]]> Comment on Help by eileen http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12638 eileen Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:39:09 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=28#comment-12638 HI am here again. I have been out of commission for the last year. this alzheimers is very sneaky but at the same time surprises me to the feelings of being so fearful, Fearful it I will be back this time and I get so scared I am just bringing on more pain for my children, That is why it is so important for me to get my book out there hopefully to prevent what has happened to me. Because of my addiction to drugs and alcohol is why I sit here today at 57 yrs old being diagnosed seven years ago and figthing it the whole time I am petrified of it so many games going on in my head. I truly beleive for the sake of my grandchildren and everyone elses child books like mine can only help the prevention of addiction. HI am here again. I have been out of commission for the last year. this alzheimers is very sneaky but at the same time surprises me to the feelings of being so fearful, Fearful it I will be back this time and I get so scared I am just bringing on more pain for my children, That is why it is so important for me to get my book out there hopefully to prevent what has happened to me. Because of my addiction to drugs and alcohol is why I sit here today at 57 yrs old being diagnosed seven years ago and figthing it the whole time I am petrified of it so many games going on in my head. I truly beleive for the sake of my grandchildren and everyone elses child books like mine can only help the prevention of addiction.

]]> Comment on Powerless by admin http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=25#comment-475 admin Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:11:13 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=25#comment-475 It's me struggling as usual. It was easier getting off drugs and alcohol than it is cigarettes. I find myself obsessing all the time so I have decided to try chantix from what I hear it has worked for a lot of people and I will try anything at this time. I hope everyone had a great xmas mine was wonderful. I used to be able to keep on going and going some more the more pressure the more intense I would get and I could get a million and one things done but now I struggle getting just one thing done. I don't know if I will have it in me to do all that I do for xmas after this year. I was having so much trouble staying on task remebering what I got done and what I had left to do. I became very frustrated because I couldn't remember what I got for who. So next year will be differant I am going to do what I can and not put so much pressure on myself. I am trying to make up for what I didn't have growing up and making sure my family has the best xmas and I just can not do it anymore these are my expectations not my families and they informed me that just being together and enjoying the grandchildren is enough for them so I have to ask myself who was I trying to please myself or my family and I think I know the answer to that question. Please pray for me with my smoking and Happy new year. love eileen It’s me struggling as usual. It was easier getting off drugs and alcohol than it is cigarettes. I find myself obsessing all the time so I have decided to try chantix from what I hear it has worked for a lot of people and I will try anything at this time. I hope everyone had a great xmas mine was wonderful. I used to be able to keep on going and going some more the more pressure the more intense I would get and I could get a million and one things done but now I struggle getting just one thing done. I don’t know if I will have it in me to do all that I do for xmas after this year. I was having so much trouble staying on task remebering what I got done and what I had left to do. I became very frustrated because I couldn’t remember what I got for who. So next year will be differant I am going to do what I can and not put so much pressure on myself. I am trying to make up for what I didn’t have growing up and making sure my family has the best xmas and I just can not do it anymore these are my expectations not my families and they informed me that just being together and enjoying the grandchildren is enough for them so I have to ask myself who was I trying to please myself or my family and I think I know the answer to that question. Please pray for me with my smoking and Happy new year. love eileen

]]> Comment on Learning to live with the consequences by admin http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=26#comment-198 admin Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:22:36 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=26#comment-198 Hi Joe thanks so much for visiting my blog. If you send me your address I will send you a copy of my book. Well I have hit another bottom in my life of course it has to do with my health so I was confronted by my Dr. Last monday and was told if I was lucky I had maybe five years left to live if I continued to smoke cigarettes well I did not take that to well. My justification in that is I have quit everything else so smoking has been my only vice well we all know that is a bunch of crap. I didn't like anything this Dr. was saying to me but at the same time I have this fantastic family who I adore and now three grandsons and another one on the way and they are the center of my life and I want to be around to watch them grow. I am already battling the alzheimers but I am doing everything right to take care of that and try and slow down the progression sometimes I think it is working but I had my annual tests recently and it showed just mild progression so I see that as a big huge plus, mild is good. So I quit smoking the day I saw the Dr. I don't like it I miss it and I WANT A CIGARETTE!!! So I am asking no I am begging for some help here HELP anything anyone has to say to make this a little easier I would love to hear from. Also any tips advice or ways anyone has tried I would love to hear I need all the support I can get. Joe we had a great thanksgiving my family was all together and for some reason this year I felt like I had more to be grateful for than ever. The pain gets easier to live with all the time, there are always new challenges for me I guess god has that in his plan for me so I need to accept that and live one day at a time. Thanks Eileen Hi Joe thanks so much for visiting my blog. If you send me your address I will send you a copy of my book. Well I have hit another bottom in my life of course it has to do with my health so I was confronted by my Dr. Last monday and was told if I was lucky I had maybe five years left to live if I continued to smoke cigarettes well I did not take that to well. My justification in that is I have quit everything else so smoking has been my only vice well we all know that is a bunch of crap. I didn’t like anything this Dr. was saying to me but at the same time I have this fantastic family who I adore and now three grandsons and another one on the way and they are the center of my life and I want to be around to watch them grow. I am already battling the alzheimers but I am doing everything right to take care of that and try and slow down the progression sometimes I think it is working but I had my annual tests recently and it showed just mild progression so I see that as a big huge plus, mild is good. So I quit smoking the day I saw the Dr. I don’t like it I miss it and I WANT A CIGARETTE!!! So I am asking no I am begging for some help here HELP anything anyone has to say to make this a little easier I would love to hear from. Also any tips advice or ways anyone has tried I would love to hear I need all the support I can get. Joe we had a great thanksgiving my family was all together and for some reason this year I felt like I had more to be grateful for than ever. The pain gets easier to live with all the time, there are always new challenges for me I guess god has that in his plan for me so I need to accept that and live one day at a time. Thanks Eileen

]]> Comment on Learning to live with the consequences by Joe http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=26#comment-175 Joe Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:25:40 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=26#comment-175 Eileen, I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have not had the chance to find and read your book as yet, but I am sure that it has touched the lives of more people than you can imagine. I don't know if you remember me from DHS, but I am saddened by the fact that I only saw your smile and not your pain. I guess we were all kids struggling with our own insecurities, too self involved to see the pain that weighed on others. Wishing you the best of futures. Joe Eileen,

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have not had the chance to find and read your book as yet, but I am sure that it has touched the lives of more people than you can imagine. I don’t know if you remember me from DHS, but I am saddened by the fact that I only saw your smile and not your pain. I guess we were all kids struggling with our own insecurities, too self involved to see the pain that weighed on others. Wishing you the best of futures.

Joe

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]]> Comment on Powerless by sherry http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=25#comment-143 sherry Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:30:32 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=25#comment-143 Oh Eileen, how i can relate to you regarding the smoking. I have been feeling the same way; having given up all my negative coping mechanisms and addictions lately and trying to live a life addiction free, healthy, spiritual, and without relying on negative and unhealthy behaviors to cope with life; i find myself struggling with the fact that i am still smoking. HOnestly, most of the time i think "thank god for cigarettes" because that;s all i have left. On the other hand, i feel ashamed and guilty, and unhealthy for continuing to do it. I also worry about my health, my family hx of cancer with my father having both breast and just recently, lung cancer. I don't know that i am ready to quit. I rationalize and tell myself "now is not a good time, since i have given up so much recently" and am trying to stay the course with the eating disorder. But, WHEN will be a good time? I empathize with you and i know its going to be extremely difficult for you. At the same time, look at everything else you have conquered and come through. I believe you can do this too. I do believe i can quit too if i just choose to and want to bad enough. I did it once for 4 years. I will tell you that i did it cold turkey and if you can get through the first 3 days of hell, then the rest is not too bad after that. SEriously. just 3 little days. After that the physical withdrawal is out of your system and it is much more manageable. Will they allow you to use the gum or patches? I have found that the gum works really well for me when i have tried again to quit. I figure even if i have to chew the gum forever, its not going to cause me any health problems and i won't be smoking. Whatever you decide to do, i will support you and you can call me anytime. thinking of you and praying for you. always sherry Oh Eileen, how i can relate to you regarding the smoking. I have been feeling the same way; having given up all my negative coping mechanisms and addictions lately and trying to live a life addiction free, healthy, spiritual, and without relying on negative and unhealthy behaviors to cope with life; i find myself struggling with the fact that i am still smoking. HOnestly, most of the time i think “thank god for cigarettes” because that;s all i have left. On the other hand, i feel ashamed and guilty, and unhealthy for continuing to do it. I also worry about my health, my family hx of cancer with my father having both breast and just recently, lung cancer. I don’t know that i am ready to quit. I rationalize and tell myself “now is not a good time, since i have given up so much recently” and am trying to stay the course with the eating disorder. But, WHEN will be a good time? I empathize with you and i know its going to be extremely difficult for you. At the same time, look at everything else you have conquered and come through. I believe you can do this too. I do believe i can quit too if i just choose to and want to bad enough. I did it once for 4 years. I will tell you that i did it cold turkey and if you can get through the first 3 days of hell, then the rest is not too bad after that. SEriously. just 3 little days. After that the physical withdrawal is out of your system and it is much more manageable. Will they allow you to use the gum or patches? I have found that the gum works really well for me when i have tried again to quit. I figure even if i have to chew the gum forever, its not going to cause me any health problems and i won’t be smoking. Whatever you decide to do, i will support you and you can call me anytime. thinking of you and praying for you.
always
sherry

]]> Comment on Addiction by sherry gates http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=23#comment-131 sherry gates Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:46:56 +0000 http://eileenisalive.com/blog/?p=23#comment-131 Eileen, it sounds as if you are facing what you've known for years head on and i know that that must be difficult and painful. I'm sorry that you are having to deal with this, especially now when you have your own challenges and daily struggles to deal with. At the same time you are looking reality in the face and coming to terms with it and letting yourself feel all that that means, which means that you give yourself the opportunity to truly express yourself and deal with the pain of it all, which in turn will help YOU in your healing process. Not an easy thing by any means. I do want you to know that while i know its not the same as having a loving partner that is truly by your side and with you, you are not alone, and i love you and as i have told you many times, i am here for you in any way that you might need. YOu just need to tell me what you need and how i can help. I relate to addiction ruining lives, my own in particular as this eating disorder has taken so much that is so very important in my life away from me. BUt i am now getting that all back thankfully and with a lot of hard work and many , many supports and blessings. Having had to stare reality in the face, i know the pain of such realizations and i can only say that whenever we get totally honest with ourselves and others are willing to really go there, that is when the universe provides opportunity for growth and spiritual gain. I am here with you.................sherry Eileen,
it sounds as if you are facing what you’ve known for years head on and i know that that must be difficult and painful. I’m sorry that you are having to deal with this, especially now when you have your own challenges and daily struggles to deal with. At the same time you are looking reality in the face and coming to terms with it and letting yourself feel all that that means, which means that you give yourself the opportunity to truly express yourself and deal with the pain of it all, which in turn will help YOU in your healing process. Not an easy thing by any means. I do want you to know that while i know its not the same as having a loving partner that is truly by your side and with you, you are not alone, and i love you and as i have told you many times, i am here for you in any way that you might need. YOu just need to tell me what you need and how i can help. I relate to addiction ruining lives, my own in particular as this eating disorder has taken so much that is so very important in my life away from me. BUt i am now getting that all back thankfully and with a lot of hard work and many , many supports and blessings. Having had to stare reality in the face, i know the pain of such realizations and i can only say that whenever we get totally honest with ourselves and others are willing to really go there, that is when the universe provides opportunity for growth and spiritual gain. I am here with you……………..sherry

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