Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:16:02 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/210923/1213273691.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/210923 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1263662 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:59:01 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1263658 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:56:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1054251 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:34:02 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1054242 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:19 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1054236 I did something bad for myself again last night.  I feel the shame this morning.  I  did something good for myself this morning, and reached out to www.womenforsobriety.org.I feel the hope this morning. I went to celebrate a friend's birthday, shared two bottles of wine betwe... Thu, 15 May 2008 13:27:20 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1044288 Beginning the day, giving thanks.  Counting blessings, one at a time, and actually thinking about all of the blessings I have, may journal later.Staying sober today will be a challenge...but I know I will do it.  Green tea for me today!Living life is a blessing....so I won't look at st... Sun, 11 May 2008 13:30:31 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1041365 Haven't been here for a time.  Into my 3rd glass of chardonnay, xanax, buspar and zoloft this morning.  I think I am losing my job.  It will be two years since I lost my great big corporate job....and as I am still in the middle of a financial disaster.....I just hope I can: ... Fri, 09 May 2008 22:51:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/1028839 I can't believe the difference a few weeks makes in writing to DS.  I am back on wine...and on wine....and on wine....and on wine.   I have been away for a while...I think I believe it is Ok to fall off....and get back on......right? How can one be a successful exec one minut... Sun, 04 May 2008 21:30:26 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/987621 Good Night...today was a good day.  Just as we were out of money, money came.   And, I am sober.   Things have a way of working themselves out. Went to my therapist today.  I talked about AA and how I felt my husband would be embarassed if I went...so I m... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:26:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/986072 I am giving thanks today for all I have.  I look out the window and can see life all around me, even though the scene is a shade of Spring gray.I hear the birds chipring, and know I am alive.I know God is inside of me, giving me strength, and He is there, each time I listen.Breathe - and know t... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:58:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/981043 I was sober for 14 days, then left to go out of town to help a friend, following her Father's passing.  I had two glasses of wine one night at dinner, and then 4 or 6 another night at dinner with a friend's neighbor....but still feel ashamed for in the past 8 days.  I didn't bl... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:43:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/947019 I remembered good advice from my therapist...as the title reads above.  Further, she suggested I recall the one person in my life, who has loved me unconditionally ~ who loved me, nurtured me, held me, and would always be there to help me.  And, to hold that person in m... Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:25:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/942017 I started out really good today.  Slept in, because I had a migraine headache, then made myself a good breakfast about 11.  From that point on, I made calls to collection agencies, paid bills on line, and basically cried a few times after repeating my story so many times. All in all, ... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:48:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/935981 Ok, today is day four!! ~ First AA meeting on Tuesday.  I am scared and excited to go at the same time, because my therapist said I should be so proud of myself for 'getting myself here'! (meaning to accept that I really do need AA, calling, and making a goal to be there Tuesday). ... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:30:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/931969 Trying to look at this day as the first day of my life!  Today was the first time I have ever called.  First meeting will be Tuesday at 6, and believe me God...I will be there.   If I were my own Mother...which I badly need...I would tell my daughter what a good and brave thing s... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:28:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/931143 Why do I have to feel so terrible?  Why do I have to feel like a loser?  Why do I feel like if I go to an AA meeting, that I will just be accepting that I am a loser just like everyone else who is there?  Will going to AA help me with that?   I KNOW I am NOT a loser...then w... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:53:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210923/journal/928654 This is my first time seeking help.  I have so many issues right now, that I am paralyzed, sitting in my robe (again), at 1:00 in the afternoon.   I drank with 'my bad drinking friend' last night.  3 glasses of cab...but that was too much, given the meds I am on.  Do... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:08:38 +0100