by Duncan McLeod | Mar 22, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith, life building,, Life Skills
We are in the Life-changing business because Life changes, and we are alive. Voila. Welcome to the family business. The world is in perpetual flux, continuously ebbing and flowing and affecting, directly and indirectly, our place within it. We cannot control how our...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 12, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills
Firstly and foremost, I am enough. I have nothing to hide except myself and the components that make me, me. Why would I want to conceal who I am? Because since I first stepped out onto the world stage at nursery school, well-wishers and good-intentioned people have...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 11, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith, life building,, Life Skills
I reached a point in later life where, despite being surrounded by all the supposed joyous essentials, I was not feeling it. My home was lovely, my wife incredible, and my children were creating exceptional adult versions of themselves. I ran my own...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 7, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills
Saying yes is easy; Going with the flow is like climbing into a canoe and allowing the currents and rapids to choose my descent downstream. Saying ‘no’, however, is more challenging and may oppose the general status quo … and invite a reaction. It...
by Duncan McLeod | Feb 26, 2023 | Alcohol free, Gratitude, life building,, Living without alcohol, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety
When I turned away from drinking alcohol, I thought I was ridding myself of its toxic and threatening effects on my physical health and its disabling nature on my relationships. O – M – G! That turned out to be only the tip of the iceberg. There is a...
by Duncan McLeod | Feb 11, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith, Life Skills, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety, staying sober
I love the truth; it’s a balm. It befriends and defends. It sets me free to be. Me. Jesus said: ” I am the truth, the way and the life”. Skipping over the enormity of what he was saying about himself here, he reminds me of how beautifully, crucially,...
