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  • The first one

    Winnie16 Jun 2024nervous energy 4turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. 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…

  • Beginning, badly

    Kez15 Jun 2024wired energy 2

    Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. Day…

  • Into town and back

    Salma15 Jun 2024pleased energy 4

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Full shift on my feet and my knees…

  • The first one

    Poppy14 Jun 2024wired energy 5turning point

    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 leave one behind. Started…

  • First dose, done

    Kez14 Jun 2024hopeful energy 3turning point

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes…

  • Two lines a day

    Maryam14 Jun 2024organised energy 4

    Recording this for the record. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Dev13 Jun 2024quietly delighted energy 4

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…

  • Steady

    Dora13 Jun 2024flat energy 2

    Three things this week. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for…

  • A wedding

    Duncan13 Jun 2024warm energy 1

    Three things this week. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's.…

  • Steady

    Patrick13 Jun 2024fine energy 1

    Short one tonight. Steady. That is the whole entry. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of…

  • Day one

    Peggy13 Jun 2024nervous energy 3turning point

    Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. Told…

  • Somebody new

    Peggy12 Jun 2024warm energy 2

    This week: Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle tonight. Eight of…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Gwen11 Jun 2024wired energy 2turning point

    Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. No…

  • Somebody new

    Martha11 Jun 2024steadied energy 5turning point

    A brief account of the week. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Joined…

  • Quiet

    Ray10 Jun 2024fine energy 2

    Right. 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…

  • Circle tonight

    Hannah10 Jun 2024warm energy 1

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in…

  • Circle tonight

    Priya10 Jun 2024warm energy 4

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…

  • The list on the fridge

    Poppy9 Jun 2024steady energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not…

  • Back without making it up

    Kate9 Jun 2024tired but good energy 3

    Right. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both short, both…

  • Starters as a main

    Kez9 Jun 2024loved energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently.…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Prue9 Jun 2024wired energy 1turning point

    I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. A first entry structured like a…

  • Stayed for the company

    Priya9 Jun 2024warm energy 5turning point

    Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Started the practice of collecting non-scale wins, which became the…

  • I nearly did not write

    Sam9 Jun 2024steady energy 5

    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…

  • She noticed first

    Lena8 Jun 2024held energy 4

    She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I…