"When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more...
omg jami you are still here.........and hi mike!!!! how are you doing? y'all must be on the founding board of the WOL support group...where did Holly end...
Hi Everyone....  I am new to this site. I wrote a bit around the time of Halloween and then life got really busy with major dental issues being addressed,...
Hi Patti, I'm in Raleigh, NC. Life will always have it's ups and downs...knowing that there will always be someone who will listen makes it that much easier to...
Hey deb!! nice to hear from you...it's great that life is going so much better for you now, i'm happy for you. don't know what happened to holly...she just...
Hi JB, Â I just wanted to say thank you so very much for dropping a note....Raleigh, NC, cool. My daughter is in close vicinity to where you are...I am up in...
Deb, It was so good to hear from you again and seems like you are much happier. That makes all the difference in the world. Yeah I can imagine getting close...
Hey Patti, Welcome back and hope you stay with us for awhile. It's only been mostly Jami and me on here. We all can only help to make someone else feel better...
Hello All, I'm new to this group, so hope I am not adding a topic you are tired of. I'm sure this topic/question must appear from time to time. I am trying to...
I'm probably the last person that should be giving advice on something like this, seeing as how I'm in the same type of situation... So I just want to share...
Ann & Ienoime, Oh how I know the feeling so well. I am the same way. And my counselor seems to think I a social likeable person. If that is so then why don't...
Hi Ann, Â I do belong to this group but lately I have been very busy making Christmas presents so the loneliness is not eating me alive...give it a few...
god mike i really am gonna have to come and shake you huh...you're still spinning your wheels...and talking on the phone with the dirtbag why??? no there is...
I'm also a person who has trouble making friends. Someone here mentioned Meet Up.com and I looked and found several Meet Up groups that interest me. I...
Ann and Patti, I live in Raleigh NC. I hear what your saying Patti, about people being so aloof. I think it's a certain age group...people get so involved in...
Amen Sista!!! j. ________________________________ From: r m <deb081884@...> To: webofloneliness@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 3:02:47...
Good for you Kim! It was hard for me to go to my first few meetups....I really had to force myself and I'm glad I did. I've made some friends, actually had...
Hey Jami, Â I am involved in Meetup but so busy that I have not met anyone yet. It is a great group by the looks of it. Â I also do volunteer work so that...
hey everyone, i've never posted a message on here before.. I've been in the group awhile and never really knew how to contribute but finally decided i should...
Patti, Staying busy is a good thing...What is up with you is that you are feeling good...happy with yourself and who you are...that's a good thing. It's like...
Hi Patti, Thanks for the compliment - I think Jami and I have been the longest on here. Deb drops in once in awhile too but not as often anymore. I think it's...
Gosh Deb, So good to hear from you again and smacking me in the face (I need it). Yeah you are right as usual and I was the topic of discussion in group...
Hi Daisy, Yes please keep us informed on how you are progressing with joining some of the groups you mention. The KEY is to get out. You are not alone in how...
Ann and Patti, Jami said it best - it takes time to cultivate friends especially as we get older. There were a couple things locally that I was going to join...
Krista, You are one the right path and you hear it time and time again. Stay busy - it makes he mind think of other things. My loneliness is deep and have...
What a fluke,finding this website.Ok,I guess I'll dive right in.I was with my alcoholic father for 2 yrs after my mom died.I was 4 at the time and was left in...
and some of us Mike, hold the pain in our hearts forever allowing it to affect any and all future relationships. j ________________________________ From: Macro...
Welcome Dennis. You are not alone. We all have our skeletons...there comes a time though that we have to put those skeletons back in the closet and lock the...
awww mike i had it no worse than you did...but yes you are right...survival is what should be uppermost in your mind right now...and i'm not kidding....i was...