All the advice is good...nothing but time and distance really works...the good folks on this thread really have given great advice to help you numb the pain 'til time elapses. Personally though, nothing good ever came from my pounding down the whiskey....

I guess I write cuz I'm fascinated by the role music plays in folks' lives. What power it has! Through it, we laugh, cry, rejoice, mourn, grieve and heal.....

c&w music is my weapon of choice for a heartache. Much more than the blues for some reason. And, as Roger said it so much better, it's Hank Williams all the way.

Amazing how Hank universally affects people, much in the same way. He's like Shakespeare; he is THE source.

Fair Maid, I can play maybe 5 chords on a guitar, and that's enough to get me through. If feasible, you should learn "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry", and sing it and sing it and sing it...one day, you'll stop in the middle of the song (as I did ) and think, "What's this all about? I'm sick of feeling this way, sick of this song. Why am I beating myself up over her/him...that a-hole's not worth it." Or words to that effect. That I found was the day I started getting over it, feeling human again.

That's my 2 cents. Good luck. Man, I love this group, this web site. Thanks to all. Bill