In a Moment - Stereophonics

A ‘moment’ can change a lifetime. And right up to that ‘moment’ we only have ourselves to answer to for the successes or failures we’ve created. In my experience however, it’s only the failures that actually flush the ‘moment’ out into the open.

Don't know where you're going, used to be a star

And everywhere you turn they're raining on your fire.

I meet many people that ‘Used to be’ something or another - or feel that the world is set against them. And maybe that’s true but the only person that will back on track is you.

You're searching for an answer your hands and tongue are tied

And everything that you thought you knew is buried deep alive.

The answers are there, right in front of your eyes - you just have to find the ‘moment’ to go and take life, head on.

You could take tomorrow, You think you've got it all

The emptiness will go in a moment.

The words of this track resonated with me yesterday (even though I'm not the biggest Stereophonics fan) as I tried to help a lost soul find the right ‘moment’ to start living life with a future. A future where tomorrow is brighter than today and every day brings joy, happiness and personal fulfilment.

I'm looking in the mirror, stare at my reflection

And I look like someone else.

I know how that ‘moment’ feels. What it’s like to be lost but also what can be achieved when you find a new direction and a reason to feel alive and full of hope.

Cause you just need to know

The emptiness will go, in a moment.

Now if you find yourself thinking about your ‘moment’ in the midst of this Covid-Madness’, well there’s no better time to press your reset button. Think about what you really desire, really want to achieve and really want to be.

Cause you just need to know time is on your side

Time will heal your mind.

It’s time…

1075 Marathons - 255 Ultras - 9 Guinness World Records - 15 Marathon des Sables

27 Years' Sober 

Twist in My Sobriety - Tikaram

Sober for 27 years - What’s it like to have been sober for all that time?

Well it’s a great question to someone that hasn’t had a drop of booze since 1994 - and here I’ll be as honest as I can about the journey that I’ve been on for the past 9,862 days.

  

And of course, it would be easy to say it’s been a piece of cake and in a way it has - however in reality the first few weeks were pretty tough but I’ve forgotten that over time. My Rose-Tinted Glasses see it only as a time of success and those first few weeks as being a euphoric blur as I discovered there was more to life than drinking tins of super-strong lager to help block out my failings and depression.

 

Those early booze-free days out jogging accelerated my detox and started building the framework for a new life of sobriety. Not that I’d marked myself out for a life sentence at that stage - it was just a one day at a time regime that gathered momentum and a value that became too priceless to throw away.

 

So if you are looking for a straight answer, it’s feels normal. Yes totally normal. And in the last twenty-seven years - I’ve packed a lot it. I’ve been to amazing places, achieved many notable feats and been lucky enough to meet many amazing people along the way.

 

Just from one day stopping drinking. Something I’d never have thought of on day one of my sobriety journey.

 

So fast forward and is every day a bed of roses? Is every day a day just perfect? Well of course not - BUT it’s another day in a world where anything is possible if you are sober and prepared live life with a fresh set of rules and ideals. 

 

And inside it feels - BLOODY BRILLIANT and I’m SUPER-PROUD of myself.

 

You can feel that way too if you are out of control and heading into 2021 just as I was back in 1994. Try living life sober one-day-at-a-time and see where life takes you. Then join me as I head on towards 10,000 days and my next celebration of sobriety in May.

 

Go on - be brave as you have nothing to lose.

1074 Marathons - 255 Ultras - 15 Marathon des Sables - 9 Guinness World Records - 27 Years Sober