Who nudged you in the right direction?

Fluther kept me stable company while I worked out my baggage.

My workers helped me to wear clean appropriate clothing, and to eat better. Also to conform and to assert my independence realistically.

You!
You told me something I needed to hear exactly when I needed to hear it.
Thanks again :)

My HS English teacher. She was kind of my rock as my family was imploding.

@Dutchess_lll Oh! My grade 12 English Summer school teacher. He had high standards. You had to have perfect attendance, and all homework done. Miss 3 of both, and you get expelled from his class. I felt like he cared, and I did have perfect attendance and I completed all assignments on time. That Is big for me.
He expelled half the class over the two month of class.

I had (and still have) a terrible time getting up in the morning. Mom just gave up.
But Ms H didn’t! I had her first hour. She started calling me 45 minutes before school started to get my ass out of bed.
In a world where no one seemed to care about me any more that really made an impression on me.

Two people: 1) Mr Loney, a high school math teacher.

2). A Placer County probation officer

Damn straight @zenvelo.

Gailcalled.

I miss her as much as I miss my Mom.

I would lost all the jellies, that have helped me out. But I might accidentally omit someone. Pretty much every jelly has helped me with something. Some, more than others, and some called me out on certain things that helped me, although the jelly probably didn’t even know it.
To the jellies who PM me, to check on me (you know who you are, ) I am forever grateful. I can’t express how much it means to me. I’m not used to people caring about me…

My close friend, who recently moved away, has helped me through the last 8 months of my life a LOT. He calls me, almost every night. His supportive of me, and yet also scolds me, when I need it. He and I have lost several friends, over the past few years. Some, to suicide. I think he’s trying to keep me, from falling that far…

When my dog/daughter died this January, I tried to drink myself to death. He convinced me to seek help. I did. I went insane, for like 3 weeks. He helped bring me back… Well. Back to as sane as I guess you could call me…

Mummy did when her contractions started & I began my journey from the womb with a view to the big beautiful outside world.

My dad did more than a little nudge to get me to go away to college and complete my degree.

The people on Fluther, especially the people who reached out to me. I talked before about how a toxic friendship held me back. Well, I finally got enough courage to leave the relationship thanks to people here who showed me what a real relationship looks like. Like @MrGrimm888, I wasn’t used to people caring for me genuinely, so at first it was very overwhelming. So overwhelming that I thought it wasn’t even possible. I still stayed in the toxic relationship for some more time because I still hadn’t fully accepted that there are people out there who appreciate me for who I am. When I’m convinced that the love I’m receiving is real, I saw for the first time how toxic my “friend” was, and gathered enough courage to leave. It has been an upward spiral since.

Mimi. We have a lot in common. I am glad, that you rid yourself, of your “friend.”