by Gill Kenny | Oct 18, 2022 | Alcohol, Alcohol & cancer, Anxiety, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Commitments, Drinking, Freedom, Growth, Mental health, Sobriety, Staying sober, Writing
Hello and welcome back to my blog Thank you for your encouraging feedback on my last blog, The Colour of a Sober Mind. It’s always heart-warming to know that other people relate to what I’m experiencing. I love the sense of connection I get with you as a reader or...
by Gill Kenny | Jan 3, 2022 | Abundance mindset, Addiction, Anxiety, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Sobriety
Greetings and best wishes to you all for this brand-new year ahead. I hope it’s started on a positive note for you. On the first day of 2022 I woke up as fresh as a daisy after my third new year celebration without alcohol. It feels good to be alive and my heart is...
by Gill Kenny | Oct 18, 2021 | Abundance mindset, Addiction, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Sobriety
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. Said Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher who continues to inspire us, two thousand years on, with his Meditations, now a series of books containing quotes and notes he wrote to...
by Gill Kenny | Feb 18, 2021 | Addiction, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Connection to others, Digital addiction, Envy, Gratitude, Inferiority complex, Jealousy, Mental health, Negative mindset, Pain & vulnerability, Recovery, Social media
Those of you that know me will know that my favourite colour is green. I love the fact that there are 40 shades of it too, according to the song written by Johnny Cash during his 1959 trip to Ireland. The shade of green that is my focus today though is my least...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 13, 2020 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Connection to others, Imprisonment, Mental health, Negative mindset, Pain & vulnerability, Recovery, Sobriety, Staying sober, Support groups
I remember a particular experience I had a couple of years ago at the end of a yoga class when we were lying down in Savasana pose. Out of nowhere, I felt tears rolling down my face, dropping onto the floor beneath my head, while a heavy sense of foreboding took hold...
by Gill Kenny | Oct 6, 2020 | Abundance mindset, Activists for the future, Addict, Addiction, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Compassion, Connection to others, Dictionary of lost words, Empathy, Equal rights, Gratitude, Imprisonment, Integrity, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Negative mindset, Pain & vulnerability, Relationship with money, Saving our planet, Scarcity mindset, Sobriety, Social media, Supporting young people, Togetherness, Women's Rights
I’ve just returned from a week by the sea where I got to recharge my almost-depleted battery and read a whole book all to myself. I’ll share the title with you as I do believe it is a good ‘un. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams is beautifully written and...
