Hello Ideal,

I can relate to the feelings you just put. We are a feeling human being and sometimes feelings just are feelings. Sometimes it helps to journal or think back to the time of year it was and see if there is a reason with a pattern in our life. I have found that this helps me to gain control over what is going on with my body. I have difficult times certain times of the year. Once I had counseling, I was able to figure out why I had a pattern. Once I felt that something happened on a certain day and when I checked through papers I realized it was the day my uncle had passed away.  The thing I have found is to not get consumed by our feelings and yes I do get bummed on the weekends and holidays too. Who knows why? I just know that either I figure it out or I distract myself and go on with my life. I also learned in alanon the HALT saying. We can check out this and see if we are in balance too. H (hungry) A (angry) L ( lonely) T (tired)We may just be tired and need rest or we may be hungry and forgot to eat for too long. It just helps keep us and our bodies in check. All we have is one day at a time after all. None of us are guaranteed anything in the future. Only our HP knows. :)  Just decided to share my thoughts here, hope you didn't mind. your friend in recovery, cdb :)