Anniversaries. They’re funny things. They can be a cause for celebration, a reason for reflection, moments of triumph – or reminders of sadness. Some are
Category: Alcohol Dependency
2019 and beyond
Good grief I’m cold. Although I love having a significantly smaller posterior these days what I’m not so keen on is having hands and feet
Growing a little
Unless you were blind when you read my blog entry yesterday you would have sensed a moment of personal crisis has arrived over the weekend
999 days sober
I’ve only got ten hours to go before one of the more significant milestones of my adult life arrives. At midnight I’ll officially have been
Edging back to target
Saturday has been uncharacteristically sleepy so far. Thanks to a really late night and waaaaaaay too many cups of tea and coffee in the pub
Finding my way
This week I’ve been trying to keep my head down, stay focused and power through. I’ve needed to get my mind back in the game
Perspective and new shoes
Something that I still find rather surprising in WordPress is when I get lots of ‘single hits’. Occasionally I’ll pick up a new subscriber who
Victory for sobriety
It’s funny how your mind decides to lie to you from time to time. Mine is currently telling me half truths and outright fallacies surrounding
Part Five: The road not yet walked
Before you start reading it’s probably a good idea that you recap on Part One (here) Part Two (here) Part Three (here) and Part Four
Part Four: Group love
Before you start reading it’s probably a good idea that you recap on Part One (here) Part Two (here) and Part Three (here). By now you
Part three: Suppression
Before you start reading it’s probably a good idea that you recap on Part One (here) and Part Two (here). By now you know the drill.
Part two: The beginnings of honesty
Before you start reading it’s probably a good idea that you recap on Part One (here). If you’ve already done that (and you have a
The truth
It’s a nice morning for a walk – and at least temporarily there is a blue sky to be found if you look upwards. If
Two years sober today.
It’s December 31st 2010. Like many years that preceeded that one I’m indulging in a festive tradition, which involves drinking to excess. For some unknown
Anniversaries on the horizon
After the euphoria of adrenaline that my short attempts to run produced on Sunday (link) I’ve been dealing with the after effect – which is
Productive Sunday
Although I’m used to filling my day with things to do, sometimes it hits me just how much I can fit in now that I’m
It’s not a plateau
I don’t like the ‘P’ word. Not one little bit. I refuse to think about it most of the time because I’m now convinced it’s
Peeky
Well, for a Saturday this is a late posting. Normally I’d have done this ages ago – but today I’ve had to make a straight
Falling pianos
Something that I (shamefully) used to say to close friends and relatives was that I fully expected to die in the very near future, and
In the teens!
Well my week’s experiment has concluded. After a somewhat disappointing 1/2 a pound loss last week I had been looking at what I’d been eating
