Journal
Gil’s journal
Reading the reading group papers twice.
Quiet
week 22fine energy 43 replies
Recording this for the record. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory…
Steady
week 19fine energy 51 reply
Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. I nearly did not write…
Sunday lunch
week 16awkward energy 31 reply
Notes for the week. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama,…
Circle tonight
week 14warm energy 24 replies
Recording this for the record. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole…
She stopped the room
week 13warm energy 54 replies
Notes for the week. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…
Quiet
week 10fine energy 11 reply
Recording this for the record. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks.…
No mask
week 7tired energy 54 replies
Recording this for the record. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Vivid dreams,…
Beginning, badly
week 4wired energy 23 replies
Recording this for the record. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to…
The first one
week 1hopeful energy 33 replies
The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it. A…