Journaling about being 'in the moment'
Energised by a conversation online and an inspirational person who showcases abstinence of alcohol through her posts, I set out this weekend to engage in an experience, journal it, and try my best to 'be in the moment'. This blogpost is my journal entry. Mentally I've been on this path before, but for a much longer period (and wrote about it here and here ). Reflecting back, I never journaled the more detailed and individualised experiences. If 'being in the moment' is a practice of deep and personal connection and reflection, I didn't leave a written mark. During a time of no alcohol and in a place where the culture is rife with alcohol there was no 'on-paper' reflections of moments. And if sobriety is assisted by an active and lived experience without the mind being influenced and altered by a substance, I didn't describe and transcribe it. Long ago, and 6 months after quitting, I wrote that 'what I realised from quitting is that ther