b"Chapter 8 pursuingyourfavoriteactivities,exercising,meditating,orsimply resting.Re-energize and get ready to give your best at the next meeting.6.Knowwhentoaskforhelp:it'sonethingtohaveagloomyand depressing, yet relatively harmless individual. It's quite another to have someone threatening, harassing, or intimidating you.If so, you should not handle such situations on your own. To do this, ask for help from one of the leaders of the organization so that he or she takes charge of the situation.7.Identifyyourlimitations:Ifyou'restuckaroundsomeonewhomakes your life miserable on a daily basis despite your best efforts to cope, it might be time to make a decision.Ifnoimprovementisonthehorizon,it'suptoyoutochoosean environment that will allow you to shine. Only you can make that determination because your success depends on it.THE MANIPULATIONWe have all known manipulative people whether they are friends, family, or our spouse. These are the people who know how to push our emotional buttons.They could frighten, coerce, compel, criticize, guilt, bribe, blame, undermine, intimidate, abuse. Or they flatter, offer sympathy, and act innocently, but not sincerely.It's all emotional blackmail. It's manipulation!Here we only trace an outline of emotional manipulation. But emotional manipulation, for example, in a married life can be more complex and must be handled with great sensitivity and care.Contact your health department even if you are the only person ready to act. A specialized counselor can guide you in your first steps towards recovery.248Germain Decelles"