Category: Journal

2.26.25 Getting to know myself is not always easy. There are wonderful parts of the journey, but I can’t ignore the difficult and painful parts either. I dislike the word ‘defects’. My definition is “wrong, bad, unchangeable, something to feel shame or guilt about”. I looked up the definition in the dictionary this morning and Read more

2.25.25 Tonight is the last Tuesday of the month when we read from 12 Steps and 12 Traditions. Reading step ten these parts really resonated with me. “We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none.” and “When in doubt we can always Read more

2.24.25 I’m starting to think my sobriety has a menstrual cycle. The past couple of days have definitely been its time of the month. I’ve decided to throw chocolate at it, give it TLC, and allow extra grace to get through the emotional whirlwind and back to normal. Whatever the fuck normal is. My car Read more

2.23.25 I was up at 4am this morning for absolutely no reason. After reading and journaling I decided to take a nap. When I woke up again at 8am I felt great, and it was time to get things done. After a quick trip to Winco, I started chili in the crock pot, made apricot Read more