Thank you Bakedpears and Nori. I made it back Sunday afternoon, and not only did I not freak out, I actually had a good time! I took lots of program tapes and my relaxation tapes with me, and I made sure that my family understood that this trip was a challenge for me, and everything went just great. Thank you very much for your words of encouragement. I'm not ready for another trip right now, but I know I'll be able to handle it when the time comes for me to take another trip.
I spent a lot of time talking to my family about what's been going on with me, and I explained about my period of agoraphobia and how that had given me a lot of time to think. Now, hopefully, my son will get to see his family a lot more after my discussing how important family is to both he and I. So, it was a very productive weekend. Anyway, thank you both again. It was pretty great. Ariana

Ariana ( I like that name!)
I am so proud of you!!!! Sounds like you were prepared. Sounds like you put into practice what the program is trying to teach. That is so cool. Living the skills!!
Thanks for giving us the results of the trip. You sound like a positive person with a lot of courage. Wishing all your trips bring you closer to recovery. Tammy

Wow, way to go, Ariana! I'm so glad to hear you sounding so positive - isn't it a wonderful feeling to know that you can do it? I'm proud of you and you should be feeling proud of yourself too!

Nori

i made it i have to tell you how empowering it is to just let go of those expectations, wow what a great feeling this has been an eye opener to me not everyone will like me what a relief i had such high expectations, to please people and i just had to try so hard , omg it doesn't matter what other people think its what i think and feel for myself, iam so open to my journey, thank you for such a great inspiration iam on my way to healing myself. i can do anything, anything wow iam feeling great hope you will too.god closes one door and opens a window ..............nackny