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 4, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith
If there is a spiritual dynamic to this world, and I ignore it, then I leave an ENORMOUS piece of the jigsaw out of the picture. Metaphor alert: If my car’s engine includes a spiritual cog, and I remove it, would it run as well? or even at all? Innumerable...
by Duncan McLeod | Feb 25, 2023 | Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Sobriety
Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth (Marianne Williamson). If that is true, what is it, and where do I get me some? Love is a humble little word, covering an almost endless cache of wisdom. The word has been...
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 | 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...
