October 31, 2003

• Happy 13th Anniversary, Greyfox!

  
  

  You’re still the scariest thing that ever happened to me.

  The question of whether we will drive to Anchorage tonight for the Halloween NA Dance is still up in the air.  Greyfox and I both have a cold (yeah, one cold between us, that’s family togetherness and sharing–we even share it with Doug, too) and he has been coughing a lot.  My share of it is farther along in recovery and not so severe.  I’m leaning toward going, but in addition to the physical malaise I have several tasks around here I feel must be completed before I’m free to go off to a halloween party for my anniversary.  For one thing, I’ve not yet carved the traditional anniversary pumpkin.  For another, as soon as Greyfox gets out of the bed I need to drag all the pill bottles out, line them up in boxes on the bed, both little empties and the full big ”stock” bottles, and set up another supply of supplements for him.  He ran out, and the formula I take has some things he doesn’t need and lacks others that he needs.

  
  

  A year ago, I posted pics of the flats of vitamin bottles I was setting up with my amino acid supplements.  I have the same task to complete today, but this time it is for his supplements, not mine.  At first we were taking these pills twice a day.  Now I’m down to once or twice a week and he only takes them about three or four times a week.  For me, they eased the withdrawal from sugar, wheat and other food allergy/addictions.  In his case, they have helped relieve the addictive cravings for alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, various pills, and sugar, since his abstinence began about five months ago.  It works, and there are easier ways to obtain the necessary combinations of nutrients, but they are much costlier.  Doing it on the cheap is more work… isn’t that the way it always is?

  
  

  I’ve been thinking about a year’s retrospective of my healing journey, complete with before-and-after pics.  Going from a size 20 down to a size 10 is the most visible sign of the improvements in my health, but my improved functioning, greater energy levels, etc., are what I FEEL most.  Balancing my brain chemistry has made life a lot easier for me.  For my scary Halloween hubby, it has made even more dramatic improvements.  It’s all just too good not to share.  But that’s a task for another time.  Right now, there’s that big funny-looking pear-shaped pumpkin waiting for the knife….

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