We All Need Our Own Philosophy
I never really understood what philosophy meant. Like most of you, I thought it was an abstract historical field of thinking-about-thinking, and I was interested in more concrete…
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Why keep drinking? It’s a fair question.
Our lives are finite. As I got into my forties, I started asking myself: when are you going to stop drinking? Are you going to be an older…
How can alcohol use contribute to depression?
Perhaps you learned, as I did in high school, that alcohol is a “depressant”. This term is used to describe drugs and other substances that slow brain function…
Intuition is Your Second Sight
Intuition is the natural, unprompted expression of our unconscious self. As we learn to recognize this voice and to validate it, realizing unconscious intuition by consciously doing things in the…
You Get Good at What You Do
Everything in life is a practice. Everything! Making coffee, finding a good camp site, writing code, taking photographs, living with a partner—we get good at what we do,…
Community is Necessary
We humans are social animals, and most of us cannot thrive, or even survive, in isolation. Our society is not geared to foster connections, let alone community. As…
Life is Outside
In the simplest sense of physical fitness, human-powered physical activity, especially in the outdoors, is essential to living well. We have to move and use our bodies, and…
I’m Here to Tell The Truth
I’m here to tell the truth. First of all, I’m here to tell the truth about my own life, about what I have done and experienced. What has…
Alcohol is Obsolete
What I’ve learned from my own experience is that alcohol, “alcoholic” and “alcolholism” are all obsolete.We’ve learned a lot about alcohol in recent years. We’re coming to understand…
Choose Freedom
What is happiness? It turns out, we’re not meant to be happy all the time, at least not if we mean joy, pleasure, positivity, and satisfaction. As I…
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