Title taken from the popular Boom Town Rats song
In fact I do like Mondays
It may even be my favourite day of the week
Let me explain
As you know
Monday is doctor day
Which means I've had no meds since Saturday
As greedy guts addict over here overused on a couple of occasions
Sunday is a long day with no meds
No little sleeps to break up the day
No chance to opt out
Or check off the planet for a while
By Monday morning
I can feel the withdrawal setting in
I can feel it in my bones
The yawning starts
Why it always starts with yawning I do not know
There must be a reason
But I don't know what it is
Then my nose and eyes start to run
Usually I have my meds before it gets any worse
God forbid would it get any worse
So I made my way in the my doctor today
My usual doctor is away for a couple of weeks
So I got to see Nice Woman Doctor
Who I really like
She calls me in to her room
Big smile on her face
I settle on the seat
She tells me I look well
I balk at hearing this
As I always do
But manners prevail
And I smile and thank her
She asks me how life is
The first thing that pops in to my head is the incident last Thursday
But I decide that she doesn't need to know that
And I tell her life is good
That I am starting a course in september
She asks me if its good to have my sister home
She knows my sister as she sees her too
I tell her it is
Which is true
She also asks me if I am still blogging
I tell her I am
Touched that she remembered
She carefully writes my scripts
I thank her
And leave
I go and collect my meds
Then go to meet my mum who is walking the dogs
I get to my car
And take my daily dose
Determined to get back on track
And take them properly
I know I need to get this under control
I have spoken to Mary about it in the past
And she has told my doctor
Who then put me on daily dispensing
That works
As I have no temptation in the house
So when I have a weak moment
There are no meds to take
But he usually only leaves me on DD for a couple of weeks
And then it's back to normal
Getting weekly dispensing
I know I need to get this under control
Especially if I want to start my course
And stay clean and sober
As right now
I don't really think I can claim I am clean and sober
Being clean sober means not using mind altering substances
Living in reality
Living life on life's terms
Not using meds or dugs to escape feelings
Being compos mentis
And I am definitely not doing that
In my defence
These meds are prescribed
And I am supposed to take them
But in reality I am not supposed to take a double or triple dose
Hell even a single dose is too much sometimes
It does not a clean and sober life make
I've stopped telling the professionals that I abuse my meds
I don't really see the point anymore
I talk about it at meetings from time to time
But in reality
I don't know if I want to stop
Despite being ok with the way things are
I have taken steps to help myself
Last week I called in to my local dog kennels and groomers
To see if they had any work going for the summer
Disappointingly they couldn't take me on due to high insurance costs
So I tried the pizzeria I used to work in
He said he would ring me if anything came up
And he seemed glad that I called in
So hopefully that will work out
I think having a bit more structure in my day will help with the addiction side of things
At least I hope it will
Time is going so fast at the moment
The weeks just seem to fly by
As does my life
If I am not careful
I will wake up an old woman
And my life will be over
I guess I need to find a passion
Outside of writing and blogging
I don't have a lot of hobbies
But I am so grateful to have blogging in my life
Three years later and I enjoy it more than ever
I write every day
It may not always be riveting stuff
But it's part of my daily routine
Blogging has saved my life
And my sanity over and over again
It's been such a force for good in my life
I don't know where I would be without it
and you special ladies
So thank you for that
I was wondering about you
How long have you been blogging?
Why did you start?
How does it benefit you?