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Luke Hand Diary
Luke recounts a quiet public holiday in Bath, rating his mood and energy, working on a reggae-ish song, drinking some whisky and noting what he’s grateful for. The entry offers a brief, honest snapshot of everyday life recorded through a sobriety-focused diary and mood app.
0:55•19 Apr 2026
Reggae-ish Mondays, Mood Scores and a Cheeky Dog
Episode Overview
- Shows how daily mood and energy scores can create a simple record of emotional patterns.
- Highlights the role of a sobriety app in logging moods, even on drinking days.
- Emphasises gratitude for small creative steps, like a song sounding more complete.
- Normalises quiet, uneventful days as part of life with and around alcohol.
- Demonstrates how pets and home routines add lightness to everyday recovery-focused life.
“"Reggae-ish track is sounding more like a proper song."”
Curious about how others handle their sobriety journey? This instalment of Luke Hand Diary gives a low-key, honest snapshot of one ordinary Monday in June 2025, mixing mood tracking, music-making and a few bumps along the way. Luke logs his day from Bath, where a public holiday means both he and his partner are at home, "floating around the house".
Between enjoying some sunny skies and hanging out with a cheeky dog who sneaks onto the couch, he rates his mood at 6 and energy at 6.5 out of ten. It’s a middle-of-the-road day: nothing dramatic, nothing dire, just life ticking along. The heart of the entry is his creative project: a "reggae-ish" song he’s building.
He jokes that it’s now "sounding like a track by a teemu knockoff of the beta band" after adding what he calls a "crappy organ line". It’s the kind of self-deprecating humour you’ll recognise if you’ve ever tinkered with a hobby and cringed while secretly being a bit proud of yourself. His gratitude focus lands squarely here: "Reggae-ish track is sounding more like a proper song." At the same time, Luke notes that he drank "a few...
whiskies" while working on the track. For anyone using sobriety tools, that quiet detail alongside the mention of a sobriety app and mood logging may feel familiar: progress isn’t always linear, and some days are simply about noticing what happened without dressing it up. This short diary-style episode suits people who like real, unpolished accounts of life around alcohol, creativity, and mood.
It’s brief, honest, and grounded in small moments—perfect if you’re tracking your own ups and downs and want to hear how someone else is recording theirs. How might your day look if you rated your mood, energy, and gratitude this simply?
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