by Duncan McLeod | Sep 14, 2023 | Life Skills, Sobriety
What do I think is real? Does thinking it make it so? I accept that the chair I sit on is real because I can A) see and B) feel it. I experience both confirmation senses via my brain. I am used to relying on my brain to tell me what is and what is not, and like...
by Duncan McLeod | Aug 28, 2023 | Alcohol free, Grief, Life Skills
I see a rhythm and pattern reflected repeatedly across the universe. Expansion followed by contraction. I notice this rhythm in my lungs as I breathe and my heart as it pumps. My whole life, from conception to death, reflects this cadence as first, I expand...
by Duncan McLeod | Aug 27, 2023 | Life Skills
Cohabiting with uncertainty is a given. It is unavoidable. No one has a crystal ball. The future is unknown. Every moment, encounter, and situation has multiple variables. I can have a pretty good idea of what’s coming next, but I can’t be sure. So, one...
by Duncan McLeod | Aug 21, 2023 | Life Skills
My sober Life is an adventure of non-stop discovery. It is so exciting. It is like regularly finding a million quid stuffed down the back of the sofa and realizing it’s been there forever and it’s mine to use. I’ve started spending! I recently delved...
by Duncan McLeod | Jul 18, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills, Mental health
Contract: From the Latin: ‘Con’ = Together ‘Tract’ = Draw or pull. Contract = Drawn together. The contract aims to achieve an end goal by drawing together elements and exchanging resources. Buying; I give money and receive the thing. Marriage;...
by Duncan McLeod | Jun 6, 2023 | Alcohol free, Life Skills, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety
I’ve not blogged for so long because I have had so many introspections that I needed to figure out where to begin writing! I am learning so much about who I am and how I function superficially and intrinsically that it is mind-bending. Surrender is where I have...