(((((LYN))))) ... do you have any idea how strong you are? Probably not, so you'll just have to believe me when I tell you ... and maybe, if you hear it enough, you'll begin to believe it as my daughter has.

You came this close ...abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba ... but you were <u>strong</u> and stopped yourself. You TRIED and you WON. Think about it! You tried and you won! That's so freakin' impressive ... and YOU, Honey, are an inspiration!

I've learned quite a lot since coming here but the most interesting thing is that you and most of the others here don't see yourselves as STRONG. How is that when the urge to SI is so terrible, the pain is so great, the hurt is so awful, the want and the need to cut or burn are so overwhleming ... that when you <u>don't</u> do it, you can't see the STRENGTH that took?

Every time you TRY and you SUCCEED, it proves again that you're better than SI, that you deserve to be happy. And every time you TRY ... and WIN ... you get stronger!

It's the trying that's important and should be celebrated! Even when the urges and the addiction get out of control, you need to remember all those minutes, those hours, those days when you <u>were</u> strong.

Each one of you have a million times 10 more strong moments than weak ones. Celebrate trying ... rejoice in succeeding!

GoodMama