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  • About Me

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    MonaCherie

    Female, 26, Single
    Stone Mountain, GA, USA
    Member since April 25, 2008

    • About Me

      I love people. I love helping people. I am a writer, poet, songstress, and artist. And I am training to be a full fledged counselor, right now I am "acting counselor". I love to watch HELL'S KITCHEN with GORDON RAMSEY, b/c I love to cook. I am currantly the prime caregiver for a coule in their 80's. I take them wherever they need to fo, I digned them up with meals on wheels, and basically take care of them, they live just a few doors down from me, They both have alztimers. I love animals too. my fave shows are Hell's Kitchen, CSI Miami, Cold Case, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, House and Bones. My fave color is RED. I love to travel. I came to Georgia on my own when I was 17, and I am still here. All my brothers and sisters and Mother remain in Ohio and WV, my Fave MOVIE and SOUNDTRACK CD is: CITY OF ANGELS, Well, I guess that just about does it.

      I love people. I love helping people. I am a writer, poet, songstress, and artist. And I am training to be a full fledged counselor, right now I am "acting counselor". I love to watch HELL'S KITCHEN with GORDON RAMSEY, b/c I love to cook. I am currantly the prime caregiver for a coule in their 80's. I take them wherever they need to fo, I digned them up with meals on wheels, and basically take care of them, they live just a few doors down from me, They both have alztimers. I love animals too. my

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      NATURE MUSIC COOKING PHOTOGRAPHY TRAVELING MEETING NEW PPL THE ARTS

      NATURE MUSIC COOKING PHOTOGRAPHY TRAVELING MEETING NEW PPL THE ARTS

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    • loving yourself

      Mood August 13, 2009 12:04am

      It's plain and simple. LOVE YOURSELF..love who you are.get lost in the things that you enjoy and thank GOD for the ability to do these things. …

    • returning home

      Mood August 12, 2009 10:27pm

      Hello everyone ! I have been gone a year and a half..I am sorry but I am a Group Leader in "Addictions Recovery" in …

    • myspace and my other one

      Mood January 1, 2009 2:16am

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      http://www.mdjunction.com/mem/50082

    • HE'S GONE

      Mood September 27, 2008 1:23am

      I just want to say thank you toeveryone eho has befriended me here. You all are like FAMILY/

      Blessings to you!!

    • MAY I HELP? I'M HOME AND I LOVE YOU!

      Mood August 29, 2008 12:14pm

       

       HELLO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR AWHILE, SPENDING A COUPLE OF STINTS IN THE HOSPITAL, GOING TO MY RECOVERY CLASSES, …

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      From SST October 8

      Don't know if it's true but it is funny!









      If you don't laugh out loud after you read this you are in a coma! This is even funnier when you realize it's real! Next time you have a bad day at work think of this guy.



      Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana . He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 FM in Ft. Wayne , Indiana , who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.




      Hi Sue,

      Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.

      Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all
      Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.

      As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit. This time of year the water is quite cool.
      So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature..
      It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose.

      Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints.
      What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water.. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.

      Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. With in a few seconds my butt started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened.

      The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.

      When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt.

      I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically.

      Needless to say I aborted the dive.. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.

      When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber.

      The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut.
      So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.

      Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.'

      Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish bad day?

      May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!!!

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      From SST September 9


      Importance of Walking







      ----- Walking can add minutes to your life.
      This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.



      My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60.
      Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell she is.


      The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

      I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks.
      Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.


      I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.


      I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

      I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.


      The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.


      If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

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      From SST September 4

      After a President has been in office for 6 months it is customary for
      the last President to send a note of congratulations to the new one.

      So yesterday when the note came from Bush to Obama, the President was somewhat troubled because it was written in code and all it said was: 370H-SSV-0773H

      This troubled him as he had always heard from his peers how former president Bush was perceived to have been scholarly challenged.

      So he took the note to his wife. She was unable to decipher it.

      They called in the VP, and he was unable to decode the message. They called in the chief of staff and the head of Secret Service detail and they were unable to determine the meaning of the note.

      Next he called in the head of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
      They both were mystified by the meaning of the coded message.

      Now there was complete panic in the oval office.

      They called all of their contacts in the media and sent copies of the
      note to all of them, and not one was able to come up with an answer.

      A special emergency meeting was called by the staff.

      All branches of the military, counter intelligence, CIA, FBI were
      called in, and the best minds were unable crack the code.

      After a sleepless night, a now humbled President picked up the phone and called the former president, and asked him the meaning of the note..

      Bush chuckled and replied:




      'Dude .............You're holding it upside down!'

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      From SST August 29

      A little old lady was walking down the street dragging
      two large plastic garbage bags behind her.
      One of the bags rips, and every once in a while a
      $ 20 bill falls out onto the sidewalk.

      Noticing this, a policeman stops her, and says,
      "Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of your bag."
      "Oh, really ? Darn !" said the little old lady.
      "I'd better go back, and see if I can find them.
      Thanks for telling me."

      "Well, now, not so fast," says the cop.
      "How did you get all that money ?
      You didn't steal it, did you ?"
      "Oh, no", said the little old lady. "You see, my
      back yard is right next to the football stadium
      parking lot. On game days, a lot of fans come
      and pee through the fence into my flower garden.
      So, I stand behind the fence with my hedge clippers.
      Each time some guy sticks his thing through the fence,
      I grab it and say : '20 dollar or off it comes'.
      "Well, that seems only fair" laughs the cop.
      "OK. Good luck ! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag ?"
      "Well, you know....." "not everybody pays......."

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      From SST August 27

      A MODERN DAY WILL ROGERS (REDNECK VERSION)
      Larry's Proverbs




      1.A day without sunshine is like night.
      2.. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
      3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot..
      4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
      5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
      6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
      7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm..
      8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
      9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.
      10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
      11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines
      12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
      13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
      14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
      15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
      16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
      17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
      18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
      19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?
      20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?
      21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'
      22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
      23.. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
      24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

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    • Close Anxiety

      Bi-polar, ADD, depressant, fibromyalgia and post traumatic stress syndrome and insomnia also a recovering cocaine addict

      Treatments

      Acupuncture Somewhat Helpful
      especially good for migraines and tension headaches
      Ativan Considering
      Breathwork Working / Worked
      it is relaxing...breathe in to the count of four through your nose ( breathe deeply) and then out slowly to the count of five through your mouth. do this about 5 times in a row...don't rush it....then relax...don't move for a couple of minutes
      BuSpar Working / Worked
      30 mg twice a day kept my jitters at bay and kept me from focusing on the negative so much
      Klonopin Working / Worked
      great for night time restlessness
      Meditation Working / Worked
      this is vital when serious about self help...find your inner spirituality and you will find peace
      Positive Thinking Working / Worked
      it works but you can't always do this alone, we need to surround ourselves with those who are positive
      Trazodone Somewhat Helpful
      helped me to GO to sleep but Trazadone is known well for causing monsterous nightmares
      Xanax Not Working
      makes me cry
      Zoloft Working / Worked
      It worked best with me on a long term basis
      Cymbalta Too Soon to Tell
      will let you know in another week but I think its going to be a winner when fighting severe blues
    • Close Brain / CNS Tumors
      Type: Other

      I am 50 yr old female who still feels like I am 20. Atleast I did until a few days ago. While admitted for numerous falls on a daily basis and terrible headches, they discovered I have a brain tumor,,,we still have to get a second opinion before I let them go in for a biopsy, I just did find out. How do some of you deal with it? I am also ADD with Bipolar

    • Open Depression
      Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

      I am suicidal I will admit..I am BiPolar, Post Traumatic syndromes (as a child) and from a recent attack) My name is Mona and I un away from home about once every 3 month from 3 days to 3 weeks at a time....it's that or become sucsessful in sucicide. It also runs thick in my immediate family....I was " brought back" after 7 minutes of being clinically dead...I was SO close! I don't look for pity...but someone to hear me out as to why am I still here? I am a singer, poet/songwriter and artist.

      Treatments

      Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
      dizziness
      Elavil Not Working
      could not stay awake on it
      Prozac Working / Worked
      Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
      not well enough.....I would sometimes delve deeper into my pain
      Seroquel Working / Worked
      the best thus far for my insomnia
      Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful
      I am too hard headed the effect would not LAST
      Trazodone Working / Worked
      gave me bad nightmares
      Wellbutrin Not Working
      ? it's NOTHING
      Writing Working / Worked
      my only outlet
      Zoloft Working / Worked
      it did pretty well overall but the docs took me off of it GO FIGURE
    • Open Adoption
      Type: Open Adoption

      My name is Mona Cherie Browning, I live in Stone Mountain Georgia, a beautiful area outside of ATL.

      Treatments

      Self-help Working / Worked
      I was adopted at the tender age of 5 12 yrs old to my great auntuncle ther wer 12 of usthe twins were infants and they went to a good home my uncle and I didnt fare too well together the couple was already in their late 40s and in his 50s never had children nor knew what to do with me. I was abandoned on the porch of my real father in the middle of the nite and the courts got my uncle good for child abandonment. then for 5 years I was a chile of the state. isme
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