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Long question, short answers? Possibly, since I want to start writing on a daily basis again. Not to build up reach, but to better sort out my ADHD and the correlation with substance abuse. So, let’s get into it. (a) Well, this one is obviously the most hard to answer and theoretical question at first… Read more
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I think I had been on this path earlier. But I also have written earlier, that I sometimes take up loose ends and closed cases, because the actual need may come to it or I have new insights. And since my ADHD brain is too impatient to roam through all my old posts, this is… Read more
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It seems as if the summer season acts as some sort of filter or reset for certain habits, needs and routines in my life. If I have the same in winter, when the year closes, I don’t know. I think so, but the big filter is summer season. I guess it’s the rhythm that has… Read more
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Literature and philosophy in itself bear a lot of power to change. Likewise does exercising. Interestingly, I found a very immersive way of incorporating one way with the other to really get a full bodily appreciation of read passages from an audio book. The reason this is so meaningful is that the insights and memories… Read more
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Sometimes things are harder to endure than in other times. My personal suffering boundaries depend a lot on overwhelming and stressful life situations and lack of motivation, that’s for sure. In different modes and moods, I tend to react differently to things that are bugging me and stressing me out up to the point of… Read more
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Don’t get me wrong. I love Thomas Ligotti. I love him for his writing style, his slow pace horror that is lingering around for a long time and the thoughts his writing provokes in a very existential manner. But the things I love about Ligotti is exactly the things I despise and fear about him:… Read more
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Gaming and journaling has become an asset in my routines of thriving forward, reflecting, analyzing and finding meaning. Something I came across in my quest for a deeper understanding and confrontation of my system and the self effective way I can find meaningfulness in this life and system is a very interesting concept for a… Read more
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I love complicated headlines. What is it about? Well, I am a social worker and in my company we work with a concept called “confrontative pedagogy”, which in the end is nothing more than confronting clients with their responsibility and their actions but also with the resources and their potential to work out solutions for… Read more
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First off, let’s identify a couple of statuses (do you write it that way?) about emotional balance: #1: In times of emotional balance, or if my basic mood has a quiet tone, there is nothing that would want me to think about having a drop of alcohol. It has become an automatism not to drink… Read more
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This is, of course misleading and is maybe a bit click-baity for some, repulsing to others. What stands behind that? Well, on my journey along, and diving deep into, voids, chasms, roads, paths towards a clear horizon, philosophical questions and a meaningful life have become more important than simply working on aspects of my sobriety,… Read more
From oblivion of alcoholism into the light of sobriety
The Clear Horizon 