It was soooo dark and wet this morning.

It was torrential rain and the drive to work was really bad. There were huge puddles all over the roads and I have to admit, I really struggled to see in the dark. I never thought I’d be”that person” but I’m not looking forward to a whole winter of driving on the dark country roads.

It was really mild despite being pretty dark for a long part of the day.

I listened to a really good podcast while I worked.

Soberful with Veronica Valli

I know most of you won’t be interested as it’s about giving up alcohol but it blew me away… she says that sobriety is only 10% stopping drinking and 90% emotional sobriety.

She says in her early 20’s she went through a life changing event and thought well that’s definitely a 2 bottle of wine night tonight!

Why?

Because we choose to bury our sorrows rather than face them head on and feel what we really feeling.

When I stopped drinking, I moved onto chocolate and sweets and put on 4 stone in weight! Anything that would raise my mood and cheer me up rather than feeling the depression that I was suffering from.

She says that our emotional sobriety hinges around our ability to set boundaries and this is the bit that I think everyone will benefit from.

No means no and yes means yes but you can say no without being mean.

She puts it better than that!!

People pleasers offer say what they think others want to hear. They often say yes when then really mean no and suffer the consequences as a result.

We can all benefit from healthy boundary setting.

It’s well worth a listen.

I’ve stayed home from crochet tonight as I’m shattered. The tablets I’m on are making me so drowsy…. I’m yawning my head off all day.

Thanks to some great advice I got today, I’m going to try and reduce the dosage and see if it still helps to waken me back up again!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️