Alcoholic Daze

A hard aching lump is nestled about 4 inches from my throat somewhere in the middle of my chest. It refuses to budge, to rise upwards and ou...

Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments you left on my last post. I have dipped in to read them, though it's been a hectic ten ...

Greg 29 April 1949 - 6 March 2010 Greg finally lost his struggle with alcoholism this morning. I cannot write more for now.

I was called yesterday evening to visit the hospital, as Greg's condition has worsened and he had been moved to Intensive Care. They tol...

Buckingham Palace used to put up medical bulletins when one of the Royal Family was ill, so what is good enough for them......... The doctor...

Greg's health has been deteriorating even further over the last month. His legs and feet are a dreadful purple colour and covered in sca...

Be honest. When you think of an alcoholic or drunk, what do you think of? A down-and-out tramp lying in the gutter? A menacing teenage hoodi...

Forget me not I heard some shocking news on my dog-walk in the park yesterday. Two weeks ago, a local girl deliberately jumped in front of ...

Well, I am back again from my "holiday", though things did not go entirely according to plan. At my mother's, I was supposed t...

I am off for two weeks to be with my mum again. You'll be pleased to know that I am taking Snoopy with me this time, as I am going by ca...

I have just returned from a few days away at my mother's as she had a few hospital/optician's appointments to attend. I did not take...

Is supper ready yet? Someone tell Mum that Twelfth Night is over. Please! Did you want something........? ...otherwise I'll go back to...

Dulwich Divorcee has kindly nominated me for a meme to display my favourite photo and say why. It has certainly challenged me because there...

A new year always makes us feel full of expectation that things will change for the better. As you progress through the previous year and ge...

I went to the local supermarket this morning to get all the Christmas food I can only buy at the last minute such as vegetables, cream, chee...

Things start to get busy over the days leading up to Christmas. For a start, tomorrow, I have to have my boobs squashed flat as a pancake in...

There is still time to make a cake before Christmas and I thought I'd share this highly unusual recipe with you. INGREDIENTS 1 bottle of...

Every year, for some considerable time now, when I write my Christmas cards, I include a computer-written round-robin letter in them, tellin...

Thank you Rebel Mother Thank you Infactorium On the accolade front, I should like to thank Infactorium and Rebel Mother for thinking of li...

I seem to be on a proverbial rollercoaster at the moment, hence my absence over the last few weeks. There have been lots of highs, lots of l...

Nechtan recently very kindly passed on to me the 'Kreativ Blogger' Award, for which I belatedly thank him. I always feel so false a...

Yesterday history repeated itself in a strange kind of way. This is what I wrote last year...... We live in a small cul-de-sac off a fairly ...

Well I am back home for a couple of weeks and back to reality. Greg's promises were not worth the breath he spent on them. He has starte...

My computer has died. It's only about two years old but it seems to have given up the ghost. A computer engineer gave it the last rites ...

The discharge letter from the hospital shows the following liver values in Greg's blood. If you are an expert, you will know what these ...