Just a little update so I don’t disappear into oblivion. I feel like I have made it out of the tunnel of depression of these last 3 weeks. Like Claire at Ditching the Wine https://gettingsobernow.wordpress.com/, I halved my antidepressant medication two or three weeks ago, and am on my way to being med-free, probably sometimeContinue reading “Day 293 : Feeling Better”
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Day 283 : Take that Criticism With a Smile!
Yesterday I Zoomed (yes, that’s a new verb) with my PhD advisor, who gave me much awaited feedback on the final chapter of my dissertation, As many of you know, I had been struggling for months to write it, and handed in about a week ago. Whereas she loved chapter 3, she asked me toContinue reading “Day 283 : Take that Criticism With a Smile!”
Day 280: Giant Ego
This is going to be a shortie. Basically, I’ve been experiencing a few cravings and quite a lot of thoughts about drinking these days. I’ve been daydreaming about social gatherings with friends, vacation, going to the beach, hot naked dudes (just kidding… not!), cold IPAs and laughter and carelessness and swimming pools and in-person connection….Continue reading “Day 280: Giant Ego”
Day 275: 9 months! No celebration after all…
I was planning on writing an uplifting and victorious 9 months post, but as usual, reality has a talent for kicking you in the ass whenever you have set expectations. Today on the East Coast of the U.S.A. the weather is stormy. Grey and stuffy, hot, humid, irritating. I am not a fan of complainingContinue reading “Day 275: 9 months! No celebration after all…”
Day 273: Black lives matter
I don’t feel entitled to even try and begin making commentary on the current issues, especially on a sobriety blog, but I also don’t feel comfortable pretending like this reality doesn’t exist. I am thinking of all of the people suffering in the world today, regardless of the bodies into which they were born. xxxxContinue reading “Day 273: Black lives matter”
