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I woke up to myself this morning. I felt unreal but more like my real self than I had in days. I quickly did a backwards inventory of Monday, Sunday, Saturday, and Friday. I couldn’t find myself in any of those days. I scurried around the house looking for traces of my existence over the […]
Read MoreI’ve still got it, but I don’t want it. I purged tonight, and it was easy. Too easy. The last couple of times I purged it was difficult. I had to use all the little tricks I’ve learned along the way to make my food come up. It left my throat raw and my stomach […]
Read MoreAs a matter of business: I added a new quote that inspires me and gets me thinking about recovery. You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty. – Cecil Baxter I added that quote to my favorites because it reminds me that I have to get dirty by digging into the dark, dirty […]
Read MoreI’ve been mulling this topic over since the weekend and have been trying to figure out how to write a sanitized version of what took place.One of the many things we’ve learned with D.I.D. is just how hard relationships are to maintain. I’ve been married over ten years. In fact, Valentine’s Day marks 10 1/2 […]
Read MoreI’m not well. I’m in a terminal bad mood. I can’t wiggle out of it. It has cornered me all day. The thing is, I’m angry and sad. I don’t know how I can be both at the same time. I know I would feel better if I could just have a good cry but […]
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