I was a pothead, not I’m not. What appeared to be a permanent state proved to be impermanent after all. Yet I’m fully aware of how easily my newfound pot sobriety could revert back to full pothead mode if I allowed it to.
So, I fight like a champ to get past Drinkie last night, and what am I confronted with as I crest the big hill on the trail behind my house? An unopened beer. It was just sitting all by itself on a fence post. In the 23 years I’ve been hiking this trail, I’ve never encountered beer on a fence post. Never.
When asked why I didn’t want my usual beer, I blamed my adherence to the Plant Paradox diet. This is not entirely untrue, but, you know, explaining the whole gray area drinking, sober curious thing is, well, not something you do with your ‘drinking buddies’.
To date, this is by far the most intense meditation experience yet. But rather than leaving me drained, I actually felt much lighter. Much lighter, in fact, than I’ve felt in a very long time. I was left not only lighter, but deeply inspired and loved.
According to my research, you lose 10% of you muscle mass by the time you reach your 50s. While doing push ups is great (and I’m up to 50 now!), you also need to work out your other muscle groups. So I’m adding in some dumbbell exercises and resistance bands to my morning routine.