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  • She stopped the room

    Poppy22 Jan 2025warm energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Bertie22 Jan 2025tired but good energy 1

    Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps…

  • My mother cooks

    Dilly22 Jan 2025loved energy 1

    Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long…

  • A1c down

    Hannah22 Jan 2025pleased energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said,…

  • Steady

    Huw22 Jan 2025flat energy 3

    Steady. That is the whole entry. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Moray22 Jan 2025held energy 1

    Well then. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines…

  • Nine minutes

    Ollie22 Jan 2025frustrated energy 1turning point

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an…

  • Off the floor

    Ronan22 Jan 2025quietly delighted energy 2

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Tied my own laces standing up. I am…

  • I nearly did not write

    Salma22 Jan 2025steady energy 1

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. No news. The dog…

  • Stayed for the company

    Zeb22 Jan 2025warm energy 4

    Week in order: The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour.…

  • An unremarkable week

    Noah21 Jan 2025steady energy 3

    Right. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Quiet.…

  • Circle tonight

    Calla21 Jan 2025warm energy 2

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…

  • Circle tonight

    Cato21 Jan 2025warm energy 2

    This week: Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for…

  • Sunday lunch

    Fen21 Jan 2025awkward energy 1

    This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and…

  • Under the ribs and round the back

    Harlan21 Jan 2025frightened energy 1turning point

    Recording this for the record. Dizzy standing up, twice, badly enough that I sat down on the pavement. It was dehydration. I had not understood that you can get to…

  • Nothing carried over

    Ike21 Jan 2025careful energy 3turning point

    This week: Different device, different numbers, same medicine. Nothing about the old routine carried over and I had assumed all of it would. Switched to a licensed…

  • Grip

    Keeley21 Jan 2025tired but good energy 3

    Short one tonight. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I…

  • Grip

    Nan21 Jan 2025tired but good energy 1

    This week: Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Kept the two sessions…

  • Paired

    Rilla21 Jan 2025held energy 4

    Quick one. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Sonia21 Jan 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the…

  • Two lines a day

    Toby21 Jan 2025organised energy 2

    Quickly, before bed. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Lena20 Jan 2025tired but good energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost…

  • Where the pen lives

    Lucas20 Jan 2025organised energy 1

    Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a plan for…

  • Steady

    Ambrose20 Jan 2025steady energy 5

    A brief account of the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather…