I missed a week and a half of support groups due to misinformation (wrong directions), snow and illness. Yesterday I almost gave up because it took me about 20 minutes to find a parking space when I showed up for the Friday group. I stuck it out though and was glad.

We had some special topics though about "dealing with visits from family members over the holidays" which initially made me sad because I don't have any family to come over or to go to over the holidays, and lately I've felt so abandoned by my friends. I got a chance to talk about it though and it was good to express those thoughts to the group.

For a while I felt like Lucy when she thought everyone forgot her birthday and joined the "Friends of the Friendless" (anyone else remember the song?) expect of course that I didn't have a surprise party waiting for me at the Tropicana when I decided to confront my mate (complicated by the fact that I don't have a mate).

I still feel like I have so much to deal with, including the loss of a relationship that never was that occured on New Year's Eve 2 years ago that was probably the biggest contributer to the onset of my depression.

--The world is what we make of it--
Dave
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