Browsing Category Quitting alcohol
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Healthy Lifestyle
My Journey with Alcohol
My parents rarely drank alcohol – I cannot recall seeing either of them drunk. I do recall my father being very ‘tired’ on some days, but this was ...
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Healthy Lifestyle
Why I Hate Alcohol
Recently I was pondering on why I hate alcohol. I realised there were personal, societal and religious reasons for this hate and that they all stemmed from how ...
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Healthy Lifestyle
Giving up Alcohol
This is my story of when I decided to stop drinking alcohol. I was never a heavy drinker at all, I actually hated the taste of wine and ...
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Healthy diet
I was Addicted (to Fisherman’s Friends) – Confessions of a Singer
If you go to any musicians’ or singers’ LinkedIn threads, or community singers’ forums, you will always find when there is a discussion about what singers take to ...
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Exercise & Sport
The Association of Alcohol with Sport
On my walk recently I overheard a conversation between three people that went something like this: “Our club went over to their club to play tennis and then ...
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Healthy diet
Acquired Taste
Sometimes things spring to mind that I used to indulge in – like drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, sport and motorcycle riding, to name a few. One by one I ...
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Healthy Lifestyle
Is Time Travel Possible?
Last year I met an old friend who I hadn’t seen for nearly 15 years. He recognised me but I knew he couldn’t remember my name, so I ...
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Family
The Best Christmas Present Ever
Last Christmas I received the most unexpected and miraculous present ever. I was speaking with my Mom, with whom I have had a difficult relationship for many years, particularly ...
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Healthy diet
The Way of the Livingness & Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
I have had a few people recently meet me and think that I have always been this fit and this healthy and that it must be easy for ...
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Family
My Mother – Beautiful Flower, Beautiful Angel
Roseleen is my mother’s name, but most people called her Rose, like the beautiful flower. She is on her own now as my father passed a few years ...