Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Halloween hijacks, Supermarket Supplies and the Scummy Dregs of Society.
First of all, Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 Whatever your plans, stay safe, enjoy, and keep a tally of how many Harley Quinns, Michael Myers and Day of the Dead costumes you see – highest reported tally gets an old Corsa D battery as a prize. Non-returnable. I’ve attended all shapes and sizes of Halloween parties…
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Is it even Christmas?
Once again just a short check in to remind you that you don’t need to drink alcohol over the Christmas period to have fun and enjoy yourself. Don’t let people persuade you otherwise. Myself, I don’t feel very christmassy- I think that’s a fairly widespread feeling this year. But I’m aiming to make the most…
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Eat the toad*
*avoiding any copyright infringement issues. There’s that technique roughly called ‘eat the frog’ where you’re encouraged to do the task you’ve dreaded the most/will be most difficult for that day, first. This is my variation of that. So, you’ve woken up. Maybe you didn’t even want to wake up. (The joys of addiction recovery and…
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Rest day, test day
Gd’afternoon sober people and non-sober people alike, hope you’re all well. I normally use Sunday as my dedicated rest day – if I sit and watch 8 hours of Netflix on a Sunday I do not feel one ounce of guilt. As much as I believe in and promote and practise continuous self-improvement, EVERYONE needs…
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Keep your friends close
If you’re just starting out on a journey towards sobriety, or abstaining from anything that was detrimental to you and your life, it helps to tell your friends what you’re doing. You might find they split into three groups. The first will laugh it off, probably tell you that you’ll give in within days and…
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Guess who’s back…slim, but not shady.
I’d say hello but it’s been so long since my last post I don’t feel that’s expressive enough. How in the wilderness of fuckery that’s been going on since January are you doing? Are you well? I hope so. I hope you’ve found the gold in the sand, and the smiles in the despair. Once…
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Check in
Long time no speak/write/read/find the effort. I have been a bit distance and I apologise. No self important ramblings tonight, just a note to let anyone currently struggling with a reliance or addiction in these times know that they’re not alone. Cliche phrase that, isn’t it? Banded about like discarded face masks in a town…
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I don’t owe alcohol any more of my time
Happy Friday once again – get the coffees in! A fairly short post this week, all about being selfish. I thought it was quite important as we’re in the midst of party season to reiterate that, whilst getting sober could mean you save relationships and stop alienating people whilst you’re blind drunk, it’s primarily for…
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Chapter 2 – There’s definitely a wikiHow on this that wouldn’t take half as long to read AKA how to be sober in this dystopian world.
The first barrier I ran up against (or more accurately, dragged my feet towards lackadaisically with half an idea to fall over said barrier and claim alcohol as an insurance payout, tried to be sober-couldn’t be sober-oops another reason to not be sober) was the question of when to start being sober. The only viable…
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Perhaps.
This post will diverge from the story/narrative I have posted so far. You might find this occurs fairly frequently, as I want to post pieces that match my current mindset rather than parroting the story as I wrote it over the past 18 months or so. It has been nearly a fortnight since the last…
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