freewill,

Please repeat this -- You were only a child. You were only a child. You were only a child. You deserved better than you got. It was not your fault.

Your ex-husband was a jerk. He was not sensitive to your healing process. You deserved better than you got. It was not your fault.

Today, you are responsible only for your recovery. Like us all, you have made mistakes in recovery, but you deserve to forgive yourself. You did not ask to be here. You did not deserve to end up here. But, you do deserve to heal. You deserve to heal. You deserve to heal. And you deserve help, patience and understanding, from others ... and from yourself. You don't have to be so hard on yourself. You were only a child.

be well,

mtd