Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:26:59 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/158905/1215576713.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/158905 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1253327 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:08 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1253317 There are so many nice friends here and they help me all the time.  I am so blessed and it's time to pay it forward.I'd like to dedicate today to the needs of others.  I don't need anything at the moment.  I will donate my excess, call out to see if some one could use my h... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:28:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1249969 http://dailystrength.org/groups/non-aa-alcohol-abuse-recovery/edit/main   If you drink and are bipolar, check it out! Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:11:28 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1247202 I listened to my mom, I posted and listened to my beeper peers and went to my first appt. with my new therapist.He is very good and I'm so glad I went.  He even gave me homework.  Thanks in part to my last therapist K.D.Things are looking up for me! Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:36:57 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1241364 I don't know how I feel this morning.  My elbow did not hurt when I first woke up but now, after doing a few things around the house, it hurts bad again.  The pain and frustration are making me grumpy. Thinking about going to the Laua party and not drinking are making me grum... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:49:06 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1239400 I'm in so much pain from my right arm, bone spur, tendonitis whatever it is!   I've finished studying the mood stabilizers in Dr. Jim Phleps book and website and I want to try the Lamictal again and see if I can skip the rash this time.  I did have a fever and diarehha the fir... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:11:04 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1237814 I feel good!  Maybe 'normal', pardon that word.  Even, not too high or too low. Yippy! Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:06:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1236081 Always a little nervous when I have to go volunteer to serve breakfast, no reason to be really.  I like doing it.  I guess it does take quite a bit of emotional energy interacting with people and so on.I say, a lot, etc., too much, need new words! Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:44:31 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1234252 I don't think it's  a good idea but I did it anyway.  I thought if I got out of the house and had a few beers with my friends, maybe it would bring me out of my depression.  Well, it did but was it worth it?  I went to my doctors appt. under the influence and so I forgot ... Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:21:42 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/158905/journal/1232414 Today is day 6 of purely no alcohol.  Day 24 since I stopped being a drunk.  Only 5 drinks.  Could've been 5 a day average times 24 days equals 120 drinks.  I think right now this counting and keeping track is important.  What else can I do to show my progress?Pretty low... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:02:53 +0100