Good discipline!!! 100% with you. Politics is like throwing gas on a low grade fire. With effect withdrawals, I consider politics a magnesium fire. Look that one up and it’s easy to see why politics are bad and no one will want to be around us.

Saturday -- yesterday -- was my last dose, a tiny one -- 5 beads! Felt really weird this morning not to take one -- it's been a foundational part of my morning routine for 25 years. Haven't read any Herman Wouk in a long time; may have to try those. The really long reads are especially great -- they put you into an entirely different world for hours! I do have a stack of good, new fiction from the library and reading always helps me. Plus, it's a great time of year to be reading with a cup of some sort of special tea beside me. I've also re-started burning a kind of candle whose fragrance I love and I'm now treating myself regularly to a small bouquet of fresh flowers from Trader Joe's and a weekly lavender epsom salts bath soak. Plus, I happened to find a very special throw pillow at my local Target which simply says ``Grateful.'' I have it on a chair across the room and glance at it regularly. Everything that helps me to change my perspective and remind me that I'm worth taking good care of seems to calm me down and make things a bit better. Thank you so much for your encouragement!!

You are not the only one. I made the mistake of watching Kavanaugh...too much for me...It seems like DC has affected a lot of people and not for the better.