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WALKING IN RECOVERY WEIGHTED DOWN

Have you ever got up in the morning feeling that there were weights on your feet which you couldn’t move?The feeling of having been immobilised is phenomenal, and in many cases causes real despair.The question is can the weights be moved? In the last blog we looked at the story of Aladdin who, in theContinue reading “WALKING IN RECOVERY WEIGHTED DOWN”

MY CAFE AS MY STUDIO

I am not an anthropologist but I am fascinated by the way ancient people lived and developed cultures, some aspects of which are now, centuries later, part of us in are overall way of being. I suppose for many of us we would, or may imagine, such ancient people as being’cavemen’ , hunter gatherers whoContinue reading “MY CAFE AS MY STUDIO”

In and out of my cave

Recently , when I was out and about I came across an article in a little magazine, written by a psychotherapist, she was discussing in everyday language, the behaviour some of us have or may be experiencing in coming out, to what we knew before the pandemic as ‘normal’ . I have, throughout my lifeContinue reading “In and out of my cave”

WALKING IN RECOVERY FORWARD AND BACK

Have you noticed , that for a very long time now, we are encouraged in every walk of life to keep going forward, almost as though with each new day we were born anew and had no previous experience? It’s interesting too that this attitude to life, if you subscribe to it, makes you easyContinue reading “WALKING IN RECOVERY FORWARD AND BACK”

IMAGINATION AND WATER

Walking in recovery can become very frustrating, and often causes feelings of rage and just total despair, but lets explore how and where we may find an answer to these feelings, which are almost like a ‘fallout’ of nuclear proportions ——–just my attempt to emphasis the level of hopelessness and powerlessness one can feel. InContinue reading “IMAGINATION AND WATER”

walking in recovery more than

The notion, of being ‘more than the sum of your parts’ has permeated society during my lifetime, whether in secular training, or in general layman’s expressions, used to encourage people to ‘perk up’, and see themselves in a more positive light. The above expression has much to offer to the concept of being, or walkingContinue reading “walking in recovery more than”

Sneaky

Sneaky is out and about, he thinks no one knows because he is furtive and slippy and slips in and out and round and about when no one is looking. AUH you say he lives in one of those slummy areas down town, but he doesn’t does he? He’s around everywhere, in fact if youContinue reading “Sneaky”

Walking in recovery my straight line

You may be familiar with the idiom ‘as the crow flies’, this was used to describe what has been originally perceived as the crow flying in a straight line. It was an observation of these birds behaviour prior to today’s navigational devices, but has now become outdated as awareness of animal behaviour has become moreContinue reading “Walking in recovery my straight line”

WALKING IN RECOVERY SCARED

Human beings are often scared, and perhaps more so now as the world has become a very scary place , and we tend to cope with it in different, and yet similar ways. Sometimes we lose the natural ways of coping and become either depressed or aggressive. It seems to me, that at base thisContinue reading “WALKING IN RECOVERY SCARED”

WALKING IN RECOVERY ROLLING IN LOVE

Have you noticed that from time to time there is an upsurge in roller skating, often associated with ‘places to hang out’ or specific songs? Movement , of course and exercise are very important in stimulating endorphins causing an uplift feeling rather like the bodies natural morphine .Have you fully realised that morphine feelings weContinue reading “WALKING IN RECOVERY ROLLING IN LOVE”