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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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"All great changes are preceded by chaos."     There have been a lot of changes in my life recently and in the lives of my family.  The biggest one was a long term medical issue that my dad had surgery for and I was there to help with the recovery and respite for my stepmother. She went back home overseas to be with her mother who then passed.  I paid off my car.  My nephew got married and he and his partner are expecting a baby.  And on top of this all, I have had a flood of carving orders, even one for a special auction.     Along with all these personal life changes,  I made the decision to stop attending DBT group.  It's not because I am depressed or that it isn't working for me.  It's a two-fold thing, I found myself in the role of almost co-facilitating the group and I wanted my roommate to be able to attend the group.  This means, to me, that I have grown past the cope of the group and am ready to work on other ar...