[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by johnco
walk a mile in my shoes if you ever want to see what lonely means. just typed a looong reply but didn't want to depress anyone with my sad boring life story. it's enough saying I've been on my own since I was 15, never been married and now I'm still alone at 51.. had some rough times in the past but the last many months have been the worse.. and now it's Holiday season..GRRRR. things can't much lower right now so up has to be the next direction my life takes. personal life sucks right now but my business is great, so at least I have work to look forward to every day. problem is, it gets dark about 5:30pm and that's hours too soon to have to go home... alone. should be used to being alone after 30 of the last 36 years day after day.. it's just getting harder to do the older I get. yes, it sounds sad, but I did edit out the really depressing parts of my life story. hehe Lonely? you have no idea

John,

The holidays are traditionally a very difficult time for many people, especially people living alone.

It sounds like this is wearing on you. Is there anyone you can get together with these days? Someone with a project that you can work together on for a while?

Find something to do, to keep you from dwelling on being alone. Keep your mind and body busy and things usually work out. Above all, do not turn to the bottle or drugs, they may make someone feel better for the moment but usually make things much worse in the long run.

Joe