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  • Weather, not a verdict

    Ottoline19 Aug 2025low energy 5turning point

    A brief account of the week. I wanted to stop this week. Said so out loud in circle, which I had not planned to. Six people said they had been there. Nobody tried to…

  • Nine minutes

    Pam19 Aug 2025heard energy 2

    A brief account of the week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Left with…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Posy19 Aug 2025frustrated energy 4turning point

    Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Blood pressure medication reduced. She reduced one of my other…

  • Two lines a day

    Prue19 Aug 2025organised energy 5

    Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Tinuke19 Aug 2025held energy 1

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…

  • Flat, whole night

    Zoë19 Aug 2025quietly delighted energy 3

    Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Dev18 Aug 2025brisk energy 1turning point

    Notes for the week. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Talked his own GP through FLOW, politely. Took the…

  • Both bags, one go

    Freya18 Aug 2025pleased energy 4turning point

    Quickly, before bed. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Hiked Esja twice in a week. Got down on the floor…

  • Dreams

    Ray18 Aug 2025rested energy 4

    Well then. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Ives18 Aug 2025pleased energy 5

    This week: 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…

  • An unremarkable week

    Izzy18 Aug 2025fine energy 4

    Right. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection Tuesday,…

  • Steady

    Juno18 Aug 2025flat energy 3

    Well then. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh…

  • An hour on the floor

    Maple18 Aug 2025pleased energy 3turning point

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Ran the Beltline trail end to end. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour,…

  • An unremarkable week

    Nolan18 Aug 2025fine energy 3

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Pippa18 Aug 2025organised energy 4

    New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a…

  • Somebody new

    Annika17 Aug 2025warm energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight,…

  • Laces

    Bertie17 Aug 2025quietly delighted energy 2turning point

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Walked the Nidderdale Way in stages. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Walked into town…

  • I nearly did not write

    Carl17 Aug 2025flat energy 1

    This week: No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection…

  • Slept through

    Cato17 Aug 2025tired energy 1

    This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…

  • I nearly did not write

    Col17 Aug 2025fine energy 5

    Quickly, before bed. 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 boring weeks. No…

  • Iron and B12

    Fen17 Aug 2025pleased energy 1turning point

    Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Everything fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable,…

  • Paired

    Mark17 Aug 2025held energy 3

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has…

  • Nothing to report

    Romy17 Aug 2025steady energy 3

    Short one tonight. 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…

  • A wedding

    Saoirse17 Aug 2025loved energy 2

    A gentle week, mostly. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not…