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Oct. 25th, 2005 04:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyThe music last night washed over me in waves of pure love and beauty. I had the great good fortune to be invited by Altrus to accompany him, along with two other friends, to see Krishna Das. I thought I would be hoarse this morning since I had poured my all into chanting, but my voice is intact. The trance it sent me into left me drained but overwhelmingly happy. The drive was fun due to the excellent company. Thank you, Altrus and Co.
What goes up must come down, I guess. My euphoria of the previous evening has given way to melacholia. As an A&D counselor, I used to teach my clients that, to avoid a relapse, use the HALT method. We had all sorts of fun acronyms. This one is useful, though. Never let yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. Didn’t get breakfast this AM. So I messed up on the Hungry part. Not feeling angry right now – let’s toss that one. Lonely. Yep. I dug up a reason to get lonely alright. Tired? We got back late, and I hopped into bed at 0130. No sooner than I closed my eyes but the alarm went off, or so it seemed.
I’ve dealt with the hunger. The tired I’ll get to as soon as I get home from work – nap time! The lonely is going back to me taking care of myself and telling people what I need; believing that I am worth their effort.
What goes up must come down, I guess. My euphoria of the previous evening has given way to melacholia. As an A&D counselor, I used to teach my clients that, to avoid a relapse, use the HALT method. We had all sorts of fun acronyms. This one is useful, though. Never let yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. Didn’t get breakfast this AM. So I messed up on the Hungry part. Not feeling angry right now – let’s toss that one. Lonely. Yep. I dug up a reason to get lonely alright. Tired? We got back late, and I hopped into bed at 0130. No sooner than I closed my eyes but the alarm went off, or so it seemed.
I’ve dealt with the hunger. The tired I’ll get to as soon as I get home from work – nap time! The lonely is going back to me taking care of myself and telling people what I need; believing that I am worth their effort.
