When I was little I knew I was an egg, and I thought it was ok to be an egg.  Eggs have feelings, they get sad and they get lonely, and they hurt sometimes.  They also get hugs and they can let other people show that they care about them.

        Eggs get a lot of good stuff.  It's really easy to be an egg when you're little because people want you to be an egg.

        As I grew older I began to notice that most adults acted as if they were rocks.  People would do things to them that should hurt them, or make them scared, but rocks don't seem to feel those things.  Rocks appear to be safer than eggs.  So I thought the whole situation over and decided to be a rock too.  Nobody made me a rock, I decided to because I wanted to feel safe.

        As soon as I decided to be a rock, people were less gentle with me, but I thought it was ok, because rocks can take more abuse than eggs can.  After being a rock for years I began to drink to feel more ok and less lonely.  That helped me for a while, but not for long.

        Now I have decided that I don't want to be a rock anymore, but I am afraid that if I let everyone know I am really an egg, someone will break me.  At least I would like to be an egg when I want and a rock when I have to, so I can still protect myself.  I want to be an egg again but first I want to be able to tell the difference between people who break eggs and people who don't.

        I need a place to practice being an egg again.  I hope this group can be a safe place to practice being an egg again.  I could use all the help I can get to learn to be an egg again.