I know I’ve been saying for a long time that I keep meaning to return to the gym and that it continued to not happen. I jumped on the bathroom scales a few weeks ago and realised that something had to change. The first thing I needed to do was to cancel my membership of … More I Like To Move It Move It, And Other Stories
I always keep meaning to return to regular posting, but each time I mean to do anything these days my health seems to poke its proverbial tongue at me and say “Haha, not today, loser”. To be frank, I’m tired of all of it: the seizures; the panic attacks; post-menopause issues (which, it turns out, … More 2025 So Far: Musings
I’m just over a month sober now, and can honestly say that I’m enjoying it. In part because there are so many AF options out there these days, so I don’t have to sit in a pub nursing a tomato juice and calling it a Virgin Mary so that the hardcore beer drinkers don’t look … More A “Teatotal” Monthiversary
Today I would like to talk about the liver. Specifically, mine. It’s an amazing organ with more regenerative abilities than a certain Time Lord. It can survive pretty much anything. That is, of course, until it doesn’t…
Watermelon mocktails. I must try these! For some time now, I have been concerned about my drinking. Ian Duncan Smith and the DWP knocked me off my happy little sober wagon last year, and I have been struggling to climb back on ever since. Add my liver cirrhosis into the mix and I absolutely shouldn’t … More A Twist In My (Lack Of) Sobriety
Disclaimer: The following post contains photographs of a spider, and a possibly distressing photograph of myself in intensive care, at death’s door. I don’t know how to hide them, and so I thought I ought to warn you.
I want my life back. I have spent a year trying to work things out with you, and I just can’t do it any more. You and I are through, but I’m a kindly soul and feel that the least you deserve is an explanation. In the beginning you delighted me. You’re a pretty shade … More Dear Amitriptalyne…
An Accident In Space And Time 