Thanks for sharing that link, Virgil. Yes, hope is what drove most of us to seek and to find TSM. Hope is the gift we give one another by sharing our common experience here.

I have learned to keep a positive outlook as much as I possibly can because anything else gets me nothing. A few years ago I was the most negative person you could imagine and then alot of extremely challenging things started happening. I am not going to get into detail because it would end up being an essay but suffice to say it became either sink or swim and I made a conscious choice to swim. I am glad I did because I lost alot of people who were not strong enough or not equipped to do so. When I stumbled across the book by Dr Eskapa about this method, I said to myself " do it properly and don't waver". Good decision, because life is exponentially better and I find myself in a place now I could have only fantasized about a year ago. I can look people in the eye and tell the truth. I can go anywhere and not worry about doing something crazy and not getting home. My home is a place I am not afraid to let someone come into even at the spur of the moment. I can give love to my family and friends and actually show up when they need me and the payback is awesome. I still struggle with regrets and stuff but I don't make more. So yes, a positive attitude is huge, but not easy or a given, but worth the fight. All the best.