DianneE

 The Monster in the Cage Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Addiction is a monster with a ravenous appetite.  I live with this monster.  In the beginning, it was just a baby monster, and only nipped at me...

Wednesday.....lunch time.....so have a minute to write in my journal.... The move is now "pretty much" over.  Keys for the old place were turned in.....have boxes stacked to the rafters in the new...

Sunday morning, I am at work, ready for the busyness to begin.... I am still in the move process....am in the new place, but still have to finish up at the old place.I have to make final decisions...

I am really overloaded right now!  I'm in the midst of moving; making arrangements with movers, truck rental, arranging for storage, repair people, going through old boxes, packing packing...

Today marks my one year of not gambling!  It is a goal that I couldn't even imagine accomplishing a year ago today.  With the help of you very dear people.....with a few simple tools.....it can be...

I'm out of town so don't have access to a "real" computer...I'm writing this from my phone... slow process LOL!I just want to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday...your friendship has been the greatest...

It is Monday evening....I'm just about to leave work, thought I'd write a few lines..... My current rental management lady called me when she got the call from the apartment people requesting a...

Whew!!!!Worked hard today.....Today was my day off, and I went and applied for a small apartment....probably half the space I've grown accustomed to.....I don't really want to leave the nice, roomy...

Sunday afternoon, I'm on a break at work.....had a peaceful evening last night.....got good sleep....nice morning....life, if I stop to appreciate it, is good.... My bf "sneaked out" yesterday to...

One thing I have learned....is that I have to quit comparing myself to others, and take my life as is.....walking forward, not looking to the back or to the sides.  At times I find myself...

It's Wednesday evening, I'm at the end of a long day of work....I'm still working on solving some problems in my business...and I am regaining my equilibrium a bit..... I think it is normal to have...

It has been a while since I wrote a journal...the days pass quickly by.  I guess I am in a place of frustration with the "slowness" of recovery.  I want to be debt-free NOW.  I want to have enough...

I want to thank everybody who sent their thoughts and prayers out for my Mom and the motorcyclist in the accident.  You people are just amazing....how I love you all! My Mom seems to be doing OK. ...

Sometimes I sit down to write, and words come out easily....other times it is an effort.  I do it when it is an effort because it does me so much good to get my thoughts out here to share with my...

Sometimes I think about gambling like a former lover who I allowed to devastate me, then broke up with, and who keeps calling me to come back.... I knew it was no good, but I kept telling myself...