I get so much advice here. So much encouragement. I have a suitcase filled to the brim. I have to sit on it to close it. Here are some of its simple gems: Eat clean, exercise, trust the healing process, avoid alcohol and caffeine. Consider limiting gluten and sugar. Listen to your body.

Yet strangely, I forget to open it. I suffer for it. My family suffers for it. So I'm putting my big three (lately) here, as a personal reminder and maybe an encouragment for some of my beloved benzo buddies. Even those I may not have met yet!

Here they are. Radical Acceptance. Self-care. Distraction. If I get these right, life—even this life—is so much better.