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~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

JynxModerator14 Nov 2025, 4:58 pm AEDT

~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

Hey hi hello! Welcome to the second iteration of...

~ The Toolshed ~

I decided to make a new thread, as the first one had errors and phantom pages, and was getting quite long! You can still find all the amazing pics, inspiring quotes, and uplifting messages of the first Toolshed here.

What is the Toolshed? Ain't a place to hang your hammer! Hehe this is a space where we can share the things that have helped us in our recovery. Tools, coping skills, inspiring ideas, and messages of hope and growth, is what this space is all about!!

You can stay connected and up to date on this space by favouriting, or by subscribing to the thread - head to the top of the page, and find the three dots to the right of the thread title (next to the star), click, and from the drop down menu you can 'favourite' or 'subscribe' - and clicking the star itself will also favourite the thread for you.

Favourite threads are then always available in your favourites list which should appear on the right hand side of most forums pages - or you can go to your profile and scroll down to the 'Favourites' section under your recent posts.

If you subscribe, it means that you will get a notification every time someone posts something new in the thread. So up to you if you simply want it to be always accessible, or if you want all the updates, or both!

I invite anyone who wishes to contribute to do so! It doesn't have to be pictures, it can be discussion, questions, videos, whatever you like! So without further ado, here's my latest batch!

Tagsalad (alphabetical order stolen from @Former-Member hehe):

@AlwaysMyself @Appleblossom @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Blackcloud @Bow @Captain24 @Chasingsunsets @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @Dimity @DownMoreThanUp @MissGremlin @ENKELI @GezzaP @Glisten @heartathome @Jacques @Judi9877 @Kashmina @lonemushroom @Meowmy @MJG017 @Mustang67 @NightFury @Oaktree @PeppiPatty @puppydoglover @rav3n @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Ru-bee @Shaz51 @SleeplessRaven @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @0ddsidian

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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor23 Dec 2025, 11:24 am AEDT

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@Mustang67 Wonderful words of wisdom my friend.

I differ on a woman does not need to fix a man when he is broken, she needs a partner.

i would say something like

If a woman loves her man, also if, or when, he falls, she will harvest a devoted friend forever. (And the other way around of course)

Not in judgement on those who could not. It is does not have to be an obligation. (Only when you promise this to one another when you married or decided to stay to together in a true love relationship, like we did.) For i know it was the love of my wife, (as well as my children and grandchildren but to a much lesser degree,) her loving faithful devotion to me, The Truth used to heal me a broken person.

Consequently we are best friends forever! For i saw her do that for me, and she knows i suffered utter misery but still refused to end it because she loved me and i her. And that is worth everything to true love. Even suffering the brokenness of her man and a life of suffering misery for him.My past brokenness healed in front of our eyes, each time we met each other in our love for each other, no matter how broken i was there at the time. True Love Heals and has taken us such an incredible long way getting to how to love true. 43 years of marriage, many of those years with much hardship. Yet we both overcame together still, and very much more, loving each other.

Have a great day everyone!

@Mustang67 @Chasingsunsets @StuF @Jynx @PeppyPatti @Sensdeepbluesea @Blackcloud @AlwaysMyself @Dreamy @Cuddlebear @NightFury @heartathome @DownMoreThanUp @Captain24 @Sadness2015 @Rosepetal96 @happy222 @Eden1919 @ENKELI @Appleblossom Happy Birthday @oaktree @Bunniekins @BlueBay @rav3n @AuntGlow @REDLINEZ750 @The-red-centaur @Snowie

Passions surge and ebb away but love forever wants to stay.If meeting True Love does not cast out a life without, there will be no place for True Love to sow The Holy Seed!To love in theory sit on the pew Sundays a sinner.If Love does not produce love in return you loving is wasted, best move to more fruitful places than you are now.True Love has us lay down our big I so we can have a slice of The Pie.If our loving does not shine it is no more love but darkest lieIf love ties you down you do not know true love yet. So please keep loving till you find who steals your loving truth, for then you will seek true love badly after that.

An Eternally loving partner is MINT!😁

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Mustang67Senior Contributor23 Dec 2025, 4:47 pm AEDT

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@Flutterbug9

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Mustang67Senior Contributor23 Dec 2025, 5:53 pm AEDT

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Thank you for sharing that.

I know you have gone through a lot, and it sounds like it has made you a better and more entuned couple in the end. I am so happy for the both of you. That type of love is rare.

My partner and I went through a bit about 8 years ago, but now we are so much stronger because of it. And we have a deeper understanding of each other and how we work.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor23 Dec 2025, 7:14 pm AEDT

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@Mustang67 careful who you trust .... aint that the truth. xx

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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 2:23 am AEDT

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Thankyou !! 🌿🎄🦠

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MissGremlinSenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 11:23 am AEDT

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@Bunniekins @Jynx @PeppyPatti @Mustang67 @DownMoreThanUp @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Cuddlebear @Blackcloud @ENKELI @Glisten @Meowmy @Bow @Snowie @Dimity @Eve7 @Chasingsunsets @Flutterbug9 @AlwaysMyself @heartathome @REDLINEZ750 @SmilingGecko @GezzaP @Captain24 @The-red-centaur @creative_writer @Sadness2015 @puppydoglover @Kashmina @SleeplessRaven @happy222 @R_nie912 @MedicinalGypsy @Former-Member @Emelia8 @DahliaDreams @Shaz51 @Till23 @Appleblossom @lonemushroom @Jacques @Judi9877 @rav3n @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @RiverSeal @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme

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JacquesSenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 11:50 am AEDT

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CuddlebearSenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 12:34 pm AEDT

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@MissGremlin Thank you they’re much needed.

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BlackcloudSenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 2:05 pm AEDT

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@MissGremlin thank you for the affirmations my friend

hi @Cuddlebear I'm not sure if you saw the post I tagged you on yesterday 🙂 but basically, I have chose to officially resign from the role at crisis support (yes, the mixed reviews you might have heard about it seems about right and from my own experience with it too so far)

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MeowmySenior Contributor24 Dec 2025, 2:59 pm AEDT

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@MissGremlin hey dreamy, thanks for the tools. Appreciate very much. Take care

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