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I start with a list of things I am grateful for:<\/p>\n<p>For someone like me, having the structure of the alphabet grounds me, puts parameters on a life that often feels overwhelming and out of control.<\/p>\n<p>On some nights, if my insomnia is really bad, I need more than one list:<\/p>\n<p>Places I want to travel:<\/p>\n<p>Then on the truly torturous nights, when the frustration mounts, there are other lists: Things that annoy me:<\/p>\n<p>So welcome to the first day of ALPHABLOG. My life in letters. Thanks for dropping by.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a tortured insomniac. I have tried everything from sleep masks to Ambien, Valerian root to meditation tapes and still sleep eludes me. Recently my boyfriend suggested I try using the alphabet. &#8220;List movie stars&#8221; and amazingly it seems to work: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Callista Flockhart? 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