This may be the most simplified summary of 2 of the largest and most important aspects of mental health impacting escapism practices, often alcohol use. Sometimes existing hurts inside and no matter how we look at the reasons and rationalize their insignificance, we feel helpless over the power they have over us. FEAR is the […]
There’s a lot of focus understandably on the challenges and opportunities in the initial day, month and years of abstinence from toxic substances. There’s less support and direction for building on one’s mental health in ways that overcome those negative emotions that inevitably re-emerge with clarity in sobriety and present an obstacle to fully actualized […]
Learning to embrace mental health growth in sobriety.
Mental Health from nature bathing
It always comes back to the same thing! Living by those priorities that you know keep you away from toxins and lean you towards a meditative life. Some people get it earlier than others, some not at all, some find it and lose it. Along the way, through experience, environment and perhaps even a bit […]
It’s time to move on. Time to let go of those people, those infatuations, those beliefs, grudges and misguided causes that you’ve prioritized for so long. Sometimes we are misguided as to where we should apply our efforts. Be it someone we love who doesn’t deserve it or return the same or even political affiliations […]
Costa Rica cherishes a puravida lifestyle incorporating blissful appreciation and easy going living. Its common to walk by a stranger who reaches out with the friendly greeing of puravida, puravida.Who would have known how life would evolve for this author in terms of interpreting just what that meant. Its so easy to be misled by […]
Move beyond fear of failure to recognize that the entire world is changing to support your sobriety. There is a fundamental shift in the paradigm beliefs of our society that have accepted alcohol as ok. The problem is no longer with us, it is with alcohol and it is not alcoholics at fault, but rather […]
AVOIDING ENGINEERED CONSENT Just how gullible are the masses of society and how does it impact sobriety? As Holly Whitaker describes the Big Tobacco and Big Alcohol mass marketing strategies in her brilliant book ‘Quit like a Woman’ we see the remarkable efficacy of advertising shaping social values to the point that we willingly harm […]
Learn the gratitude formula that comes from sobriety and contriubution.