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Carpe Diem
11/02/12 • 2 Comments

1month and 11 days down and, as you can tell from my lack of posts (sorry!), this time around I haven’t experienced that element of surprise at my own accomplishments like I did during my first HSM. Last time I doubted my own ability and will power, but this time I set out with a firm mind and, as egotistical as it may appear, I honestly have not surprised myself so far.One thing, however, has happened which didn’t occur all that time ago – I went to a club in Bath, a sweaty, dingy hole which everyone seems to frequent on a weekly basis, and when I do indulge in a night out with my friends I rarely feel glad that I went along. However, on this occasion, I had one of the best nights out in Bath I have ever had – stone sober! People were in high spirits, [...]

Hello again, Sunday Morning!
27/12/11 • 1 Comment

In February 2010 I became the first person from the UK to embark on a HSM journey, and it has now become such an institution that I am filled with endless amounts of pride and love for my good friend, Chris Raine. His passion and vivacity are infectious and I feel privileged to have met him when HSM became a twinkle in his eye. This is for you, Chris. So once again I find myself at a point in my life where I long for lucidity and deliberation. For the past couple of months, although my happiness and integrity has remained, I have found myself somewhat in Limbo – a feeling I expressed in a post during my last HSM stint in a blog about ‘time’. Here is a place where, although I’m content and upbeat, life just seems to march on and drag me with it. For 4 or [...]

Mission Accomplished. By Isobel Lindsell
29/06/10 • 3 Comments

Over the past 4 months, I have gained a number of accomplishments through removing alcohol from my life. The main ones (which I have outlined in previous posts) being, realising the role that alcohol plays in my lifestyle, and waking up to the beauty that i have been blind to since I came home from my year in paradise - an intention I defined in my first ever blog. Initally I set out to complete 1 year’s HSM. This post is to tell all my fellow HSMers (not with remorse!) that I did not complete this, through my own deliberation and choice. I did think, when contemplating ending this, that after a while I would feel like I had failed. 1 year was a period of time that I set myself and mentally prepared to see through to the end, and being the determined person that I am, I thought not achieving this would feel like a downfall, something that could easily be [...]

It has been over a month since my last post – Life has been full since then! Last night I went out to celebrate the bank holiday and, privately, i wanted to celebrate my 3 months of sobriety. Since the 1st of March, not a sip of that sweet, sweet pear cider, southern comfort, jack daniels or any of my other favourites has passed these lips. It was a wonderful day – a big group of us went to a lovely pub in Chipping Norton to soak up the beautiful English summer sun (which we have had an abundance of recently! I am LOVING it!!), to watch a live band and indulge in some gorgeous barbequed fodder. I felt that feeling which I remember having when I first stepped onto Australian soil; when I was at Global Gathering in Brisbane; when I got home and hugged my family…. you know [...]

A spring-clean (by Isobel Lindsell)
21/04/10 • 2 Comments

This gorgeous week has been, for me, one of much contemplation, realistion and scrutiny in relation to my health and general morale. I have experienced a markedly intense urge to ‘tidy up my life’, both literally and metaphorically. I think the initial push for me to iron out the creases in my ways was… as silly as it may sound… cleaning and clearing my beautiful bedroom. My room (as my mother will passionately exclaim) , has constantly undergone a cycle of gradually getting messier and messier until one day either I or, more commonly, Mummybear just cannot bear it, and it is treated to a good clear out. However I have suddenly, finally, acquired the ability to tidy up as I go along. And I have to say… mum was right. It is SO much easier. This recently heavenly place helped me realise other things I needed to do/write down/organise [...]