Boundaries don't keep other people out - they fence YOU in. So you can draw your lines or live your life crossing them. The view from the other side is spectacular.
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I battle this alot .I want to isolate cause I never want to hurt liek that again.Than the lonliness gets to you.My sponsor said onme time meetings are to practice liveing life so when I start isolating I work on getting to a meeting..
not quite getting the crux of what you were saying, Jeannie...??
I like my boundaries... I went way too long without any at all.
I do isolate at times, true, but I view that as a separate subject. I believe my 'boundaries' today to be healthy ways of not letting other people heap their stuff on me... I don't think I have to be isolating to have boundaries set.