So, I think a lot of us are just really hard on ourselves. We keep trying to stop and we are successful, and instead of rewarding ourselves we push even harder because the next day is still an unknown, we can't let down our guard and celebrate yet.

I think that giving ourselves a treat every now and again is perfectly healthy and perhaps inspiring though. It gives us a tangible goal to work towards. In Alcoholics Anonymous they have sobriety chips for one day and one week one month sixty days and so on and so forth. My mom used to be an alcoholic, but joined AA when I was very young. After I stopped hurting myself, she would bring home sobriety chips for me. It always touched me to know that she was proud of me in my own "sobriety."

Anyhow, I have a proposal for all of us on here. How bout we reward ourselves every once in a while? Or give ourselves something to look forward to? You should always have something in your own life that you can use as a reward: ice-cream, those pair of shoes you'd been wanting, a day at the beach, a nice dinner, some time with a masseuse/spa... any number of things. I was wondering if any one liked the idea of having some sort of stamp or banner for different time frames without self injury. I can't make them until after May, but I think it might be nice to have something like that.

Let me know and I'll get it organized.

As always, good luck to those of you on the road to recovery and be safe to those who are not quite ready yet

BxD