Zen Sobriety

Yoga is popular.  It’s never been so popular in North America. I doubt I would have discovered yoga had it not become so popular so I’m grateful that it’s been growing like crazy over the last 10 to 15 years. Yet, despite it’s popularity,…

I’m not going to sugarcoat stopping drinking and say it was a walk in the park.  It wasn’t. But, it was and is WORTH IT. Quitting drinking was the hardest thing I’ve every done.  Without a doubt.  It was tough.  It took several attempts.  …

I remember clearly the first morning after a particularly bad drunk when I had the thought “I want to quit drinking.”  I was in college at the time.  Like many alcoholics, just because I had that thought didn’t mean I would actually stop…

While I drank, I worked out … or I went for a workout when I wasn’t too hung-hover.  As my drinking increased, the number of workouts I got done in a given week became less and less. Eventually, at some point, I went to the gym to sit in…

Quitting drinking is life-changing.  It was gut-wrenchingly difficult for me.  I suffered a lot before it got better.  I was torn in 2 directions … I needed to heal, but the ambitious and grandiose alcoholic in me wanted to get going with…