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  • About Me

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    catbalou

    Female, 44
    cottonwood, AZ, USA
    Member since May 28, 2007

    • About Me

      I've quit drinking and smoking for hopefully the last time. Think my emotional state is like a rollercoaster, I never know what to expect, but i'll deal with it somehow. I'd like to be happy in my own skin. Is this even possible

      I've quit drinking and smoking for hopefully the last time. Think my emotional state is like a rollercoaster, I never know what to expect, but i'll deal with it somehow. I'd like to be happy in my own skin. Is this even possible

    • Interests

      walks, beaches, music, movies, poetry

      walks, beaches, music, movies, poetry

  • Recent Activity

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  • Journal

    • June 27

      Mood June 28, 2009 1:44am

       

      Today my Mom would have been 71

      Seems she died too soon

      but who am i to say what God decides

       

      I do miss you Mom

       

      Today me and my sisters …

    • Temptation

      Mood June 19, 2009 1:39am

      Will it ever get easier, and i wish i knew when. My mouth gets watery when my co-workers talk about margeritas. I get cold skin when i hear plans of …
    • Sober life

      Mood June 8, 2009 12:14am

       

      Life is so much more vivid now

      I just can't believe how long i've been without a drink

      Never made it passed the one month mark in …

    • Journal Entry for June 3, 2009

      Mood June 3, 2009 1:04am

      May 31 last day to smoke

      three days now

      dates on here are not accurate

       

    • Journal Entry for June 3, 2009

      Mood June 3, 2009 12:58am

      I always wonder why i couldn't stop at one drink

      So i know i can't drink today

      talked to a coworker today

      who is scared from having …

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  • Goals

    205 days sober. Last update Jun 8, 09
    173 days smoke free. Last update Jun 3, 09
  • Support Groups

    • Close Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Parent

      My mother just died last week and i am trying to get passed my grief, and learn and get strength from others in the same situation.

      Treatments

      Crying Working / Worked
      My tears just come at stoplights, grocery stores, work, and mostly at night.
    • Close Physical & Emotional Abuse

      Treatments

      Abuse Counseling Working / Worked
      I was in an abusive relationship for 7 years, and have been free for 4.
    • Open Alcoholism

      I keep trying to stay sober, but don't seem to make it longer than 2 weeks, but i will keep trying, and need somewhere to vent, anger or loneliness seems to be the main triggers for me. I'm an adult child of an alcoholic, but she was sober 35 yrs before she died, so i have hope for myself. I drank last night til i passed out, and now i know i have to stop.

    • Open Loneliness

      I feel lonely around family and people i know, and have a habit of isolating myself, which makes it easier not to deal with people.

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  • Friends


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