“I feel like such a failure”. I’m sitting opposite my friend. We are having coffee. She wanted to see me before I go away. I haven’t told a lot of people about me going away, even though it is here on my blog. Telling the wider world doesn’t feel as personal somehow, though a few…
Tag: addiction
BECAUSE I REALLY DON’T WANT TO TAKE THAT DRINK
It’s the school holidays. And during this time I spend a lot of time “lounging”. Take this morning for example. It’s 10am and I am still in bed. Yep, I’m in my PJs, tea on my bedside table, dogs firmly ensconced either side of me (wedged into me so tightly I cannot move) and my…
We need to talk about mental illness, depression and suicide NOW!
I went to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 today. It was awesome. I loved the book and I loved the movie. But throughout the movie I could not help but feel sad. As Philip Seymour Hoffman graced the screen in the effortless way that was his acting style, I couldn’t help but…
Make A Card Monday {Sobriety Cards}
And one day she woke up, all foggy and hurt from the night before, and she knew. She knew that the grip that alcohol had on her had to be loosened, had to be demolished. So that she could live her life the way it was intended, so that she could live her very very…
Conquering the addiction of sugar takes planning
I had a really terrible night last night. The heartburn was excruciating. Surgery was meant to have fixed all that, despite reservations that the success rate would in fact be 100%. Who am I kidding. I ate like a sugar-crazed demon yesterday. Not one shrapnel of goodness passed my lips. It was all danishes, tim…