by Duncan McLeod | Mar 8, 2023 | Gratitude, Recovery from addiction
Today is International Women’s Day. It is a day to pause and allow my thoughts to consider the lot and the contribution of women worldwide and throughout history. The women I work and live alongside are an impressive bunch of people. Likewise, are they also at...
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,...
by Duncan McLeod | Feb 1, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety
If I choose to take on a challenging ordeal, it feels better than when one is thrust upon me. Expected trouble is less traumatic than unexpected trouble. Invited trials are more manageable than those I inherited. Example: The walk home is long, and I do not have a...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 29, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, Life Skills, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety
1DAAT is a term often used in the sober community. It is advice I would do well to heed. “One Day At A Time” There are so many battlegrounds where this approach can help me to victory: Anywhere I face a problem which threatens to overwhelm me by its sheer...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 23, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, Gratitude, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before. Let me listen to it again. Gratitude is so much more than a polite set of words. It is a mind-set, an attitude, and a viewing angle that directly turbo boosts my baseline abilities. In martial arts, I learned how to...
