When ToneMe posted yesterday I got to thinking how this person could be a valuable asset. I am wondering if you could tell me your story of how you put self-injury aside and walked away from it. What helped you? How do you cope with occasional urges? Do you still have urges? What would be a peice of advice you would give a person who has decided she wants to stop this activity? Oh, and remember I am still very much imbroiled in my struggle to quit so be kind and gentle in your recommendations. I really want to see what life is like after I quit so that maybe quitting won't be quite so scary. Right now it is like, if I quit what will I do when life gets unmanageable. Tell me what you do. Please tell me your story.
Thanks,
Carrie

<font color=green>But the implicit and usually unconscious bargain we make with ourselves is that, yes, we want to be healed, we want to be made whole, we're willing to go some distance, but we're not willing to question the fundamental assumptions upon which our way of life has been built, both personally and societally.--Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft