Journal
Moray’s journal
Whisky country. Alcohol circle regular.
Reduced
week 84settled energy 24 replies
Well then. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady, and not…
A1c down
week 54pleased energy 51 reply
Right. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Liver enzymes normal. Bloods back.…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 54held energy 4
Well then. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…
Quiet
week 52fine energy 53 replies
Well then. 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…
She noticed first
week 51held energy 14 replies
Right. 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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
Laces
week 50quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for…
Anchored to the shifts
week 49organised energy 22 replies
Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a plan for what…
She stopped the room
week 48warm energy 54 replies
Well then. 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…
An unremarkable week
week 47fine energy 33 replies
Well then. 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. Quiet. Injection…
Nothing to report
week 46steady energy 23 replies
Right. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
Stayed for the company
week 45warm energy 2
Right. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of…
Steady
week 43steady energy 13 replies
Well then. 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…
Flat, whole night
week 42quietly delighted energy 41 reply
Right. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Got down on the…
I nearly did not write
week 40steady energy 53 replies
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
No news
week 39fine energy 31 reply
Well then. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
A wedding
week 38warm energy 21 reply
Right. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people…
The limits of yoghurt
week 36steady energy 43 replies
Well then. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the…
Grip
week 35tired but good energy 52 replies
Right. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and…
Quiet
week 33flat energy 43 replies
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 did not…
Two landed like five
week 33thoughtful energy 53 replies
Right. It simply stopped appealing. I miss the ritual more than the drink, which tells me something. Looked honestly at his drinking and got support for it. The pub is still…