Day 149 – Making a bid for New Life.

Day 149 – Making a bid for New Life.

by | Jan 21, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober

It’s a powerful thing to challenge the established. Why? To question the incumbent power base is to risk an attack. The potential gain is to invite reform. Danger versus reward. The ruling authority will have found a place in the landscape and successfully set...
Day 146: The learning curve continues.

Day 146: The learning curve continues.

by | Jan 18, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober

I have been out of sorts for three days, unsettled and disquieted. I have craved an excess of something but struggled with how best to scratch that itch.  A whole packet of chocolate digestives is not very rock ‘n roll. Has my life become beige?  WTF...
Day 142: Who would want to be a teenager again?

Day 142: Who would want to be a teenager again?

by | Jan 14, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Musings, My Art, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober, Uncategorized

My teenage years began with taking off my life’s stabilizer wheels far too early. I stepped out from under the parental umbrella’s security and guidance and began making decisions for myself. It was a painful and tortuous long-haul disaster. I crashed a...