by Duncan McLeod | 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...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 13, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober
One hundred and forty-one days ago, I interrupted a destructive process happening to and within my life. Alcohol was slowly, sneakily, seditiously, and surely undermining and dismantling the components of my life. Oh no, it wasn’t! Oh yes, you were! Health...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 11, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober
Someone close to me recently stated that alcohol was not an addictive drug and belonged more in the same category as chocolate, i.e., something which could get out of hand but was different from nicotine, heroin, or cocaine. I struggled to explain it at the time, so...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 7, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety, staying sober
In the song ‘I Love it’ by Icona Pop, there is a lyric within which I have always secretly luxuriated. “I crashed my car into the bridge. I don’t care; I love it. I don’t care”. This lyric stirs up the rebel in me. It resonates with...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 4, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Living without alcohol, Mental health, Musings, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety, staying sober
Why do troubles always blindside me? I might not know their exact nature or precise arrival time, but I do know they are coming because they are a regular ingredient of life. While I’m at it, why do I waste valuable energy and stress attempting to resist...
