Alcoholicdaze

At this point, nobody else knew about his addiction. There were times, when I wanted to share the burden with someone, but I kept hoping, things would change, he would see sense and get better. After all he is an intelligent man, capable of reasoning and logic - he had had a high-status media job both abroad and in London. Surely he would be able to get to grips with this pro...

The recent bank holiday weekend was one I would not care to repeat. It was full of bad news. 

It started on the Saturday morning, when my daughter Kay rang me to say she had had an accident at work the day before.  Two people (one being my daughter) were coming in opposite directions along two separate corridors that meet at right angles. At the right angle, they swerve...

It's certainly been much cooler this week and awoken me from the stupour caused by too many tropical heatwaves this summer. I  felt galvanised into doing more, I even lugged the vacuum cleaner up 5 flights of stairs to hoover the six levels of the house. I haven't felt like doing that in weeks. I also attempted some ironing and, as I mentioned last week have been doing ...

There are many times when, as a widow, I spend a lot of time on my own, talking to the wall, watching far too much TV and not seeing a soul. But this last week has been very busy with a lot of people contact.

To start with, one of the neighbours aged 93 in my cul-de-sac, whom I have known for over 30 years, was recently discharged from hospital, having had a fall and ov...