A Few Steps Towards Healing

The loss of a loved one is always hard.  You miss the companionship, you even miss the disagreements.  You feel like you have a bag over your head and you are struggling through each day with no true purpose or direction.  There are times when you cry without reason or you get mad at the least little thing.  It is almost like you are in the middle of a thick forest on an overcast day, and though you are looking desperately for direction, you can only see trees.  The question remains, “how do I get out of this?” 

When you lose a loved one, your life is forever changed.  You have lost a part of you that you will never get back and you have to learn to live again, without that part.  In order to survive, you have to take that first step towards healing, towards getting out of that forest of seemingly endless trees.  After a while you will begin to live again with the realization that life goes on in spite of your loss.

What are these steps you need to take?  The list below is in no way complete, but is intended to provide a good starting point for your healing and continuation in your new life.

Our first Grief 101 group has been a tremendous success.  Overall 15 people sought the help that only a Grief group of this type can provide.  The group started off as a six week group and due to the tremendous response from people wanting to attend we have extended it to eight weeks.  The last meeting of this group will be the 22nd of April 2010 at which time the group will start meeting once monthly on the the third Thursday of the month.  For those that have not been through the original eight week course we will be having one monthly Grief orientation group to prepare new members to join the monthly group.  Anyone interested in attending our Grief Groups needs to call Adam Cooper at 770-786-7062 extension 121.