I don't feel emotionally abused.
I don't feel taken advantage of.
I am not as lonely.

I have rediscovered myself.
I laugh more.
I smile more.
I have made a lot of new friends.
I look forward to each new day.

I don't go to bed with food. Crap, what IS food??? ;-)

I don't watch the calendar and wonder What Holiday is going to get screwed up-that is an improvement.

But, I don't have anymore lies to tell myself to make the dreams from, either. That hurts, sometimes...

I don't have anyone to worry over. No one needs me to take care of them anymore-that transition is killer.

I am proud that I am still Standing.

I am proud that I am exactly where I dreamed of being.

I am proud that I do have a few very close friends that I believe in. When they say that the sun will come up-it does.

I pamper myself more

I don't wake up at 3 am and go looking for my husband only to find him on the computer.

I don't have to put up with the neglect and the thoughtless selfishness any more.

I don't have to watch him sleeping while the kids and I are awake so he can be up all night with his porn and swinging women.

I worry less.
I'm at peace more.

Now I go to church (he was an athiest).
I have new friends that are so meaningful and supportive.
I have the energy to put in to me and my appearance.
My selfesteem is improving.
I'm looking forward to my new life.

I've been on a mission to take better care of myself. Going to the gym a lot and eating healthier food. I may be hurting and angry, but I'm getting in shape and healthier than I've been in years!

I can actually gain weight instead of constantly losing it (I was down to 145 or so, not good)

If I work out, I actually have something to show for it instead of it all disappearing so quickly

I don't have to worry about if she's cheating or not, she's not my problem anymore.

I can be me again. I missed me.

I ditto bigguy3.

I also started to teach & it puts a smile on my face each day. The stbx thought it was a waste of time.

Feel more relaxed
Dont have anything to worry about
Find that housework is easy
Have more money to spend
Also have more time for family
Time with friends
Eat and sleep when I want
New found peace makes me smile
Feel content always
Gringe at the smell of alcohol in public
Take interesting classes
Do interesting things
Enjoy nature more
Smile at the sunshine
Smile at the birds outside window
Dont have to watch stupid wheel of fortune
Sleep without the smell reminicent of a dirty bar bathroom

Too numerous to mention

I'm not mean anymore!

I dont have to answer to anyone about where I was, what I am wearing, who I was talking to. I dont worry about anyone threatening to leave or hold money over my head, and I am not sensitive to his insults. I have the bed to myself, I am happier, relieved and my kids enjoy me more.

I am letting me be me
I spend more time with my kids
I spend more time with friends
I do ot wish I could change me, I have excepted I cann't
I look forwar to the future more
I know a yaer from now I will be a happy person

clean up after him, do speciality grocery shopping and meal planning, worry everytime the phone rings, wonder what the hell am I doing here?, excessive laundry, cry, wonder what he is doing on line? waiting for the IRS to show up because he hasn't filed his taxes in years....bite my tounge to avoid a confrontation....forget who I am and what I stand for and believe in and want

*I laugh and smile more
*I do not constantly worry whether or not I look fat (which for the record I never was)
*I don't have to constantly apologize for things I didn't do just to diffuse a situation
*I have the ability, for the first time in almost 15 years, to figure out what I want
*I can enjoy my kids and the three of us can do as we please without having to worry about him blowing up