The good news, I've lost 8 pounds total since December. A lot of that was water weight at first, then the past few weeks have been so difficult to lose any weight at all. I may be a little obsessed, though. I began intermittent fasting, it's supposed to be good for cell repair during the state of ketosis. Now I am eating a ketosis diet, too. I never really wanted to take this path but this is my new addiction I guess. I am focused on healing my body. I want to get better in my yoga poses...

Last night I slept really well, which I was really surprised by. I think that I was asleep by midnight and woken by the children talking to each other at 6.30am instead of waking up at around 5.30am having not gotten off to sleep until well after midnight. I would have liked to have stayed in bed a little longer but felt happy that I'd slept so well so all is good.

My trip to the supermarket was a bit of a surprise but I think I may have made myself more aware of what might happen...

My adult son visited with his new wife this weekend from California. On Friday my sponsor left for vacation. So I wanted to get to an Al-Anon meeting before my son and daughter-in-law arrived. I open the church for the AA meeting also, make coffee, arrange tables and literature for the recovering alcoholics. I then go to Al-Anon. Between 3 pm and 6:30 I just felt relief because I arranged the finances, knew the flight arrival, that my sponsor was doing well. I then had several urges to drink; I...

You have done absolutely nothing other than totally ruin my life! I look back on tha past 7 months without you and I've felt oh so much better! Why do you get a hold of ppl and not let go? It took me at least 15/16 yrs from meeting you to finally plucking up the courage to let you go!Believe me when I say that it is over between us and I ain't never going back to you. I just worry about how many other lives you will ruin while still in existence! put it one way, it won't be mine anymore. You...