This is going to be a very short post, but I want to give everyone an update on what’s going on with me.
I began relapsing just before the writing of the post “Delusions”–in October of 2008. I spent the past 5 months beating myself up, feeling like a failure and digging myself into a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Depression’
I’m Back!
Posted in NA, tagged Depression, Fairview Lodging Plus, Multiple Treatments, Relapse on April 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Up and Down
Posted in NA, tagged Depression, Doggeral Verse, Emotional Sobriety, Highs and Lows, PAWS, Up and Down on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Up and down,
Moody and mellow.
Up and down,
Swarthy and yellow.
Scuffing a knee,
Needing a break.
Breaking a bone,
Setting it right.
Up and Down,
Brooding, but better–
Wounding, but worse.
Bound by the letter,
Binding and terse,
I over-rehearse.
Up and Down,
Like rabbit and hound–
Do what they do,
They spin you around.
Up and Down,
Keep your feet on the ground.
Sideways supine
Or in a straight line.
So send for the [...]
Living is Believing
Posted in NA, tagged Byron Katie, Core Beliefs, Depression, Emotional Sobriety, Grief and Loss, Life on Life's Terms, People in Recovery, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Self-inquiry, The Work, Therapy on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever had a sinking feeling in your stomach–the kind you get when you touch a nerve in your psyche so electrically charged it feels hard-wired to your gut? I experience this when I have touched a fundamental belief–way down deep–that is being questioned in my present reality. I have a feeling that those [...]

