Tag: alcohol

• Reflection: What I can no longer do

  

  I find that with the loss of that youthful confidence in eternal sunshine, I cannot live a day without the grounding awareness of mortality, disease, and disability. 

  abendelow

  July 18, 2025

  Reflection

  aging, alcohol, awareness, capability, declining health, health, mental health, national public radio, self-care, spirituality, testosterone

• Memoir: Pain management (1973-present)

  

  Whichever hobbyhorse you ride–sports, gardening, music, travel, baking, arts and crafts, your dog or your cat–you ride it away from dukkha.

  abendelow

  February 13, 2025

  memoir, Reflection, Uncategorized

  alcohol, alienation, buddhism, CNN, dukkha, ecosystem collapse, flow, Fox News, humor, literature, loneliness, memoir writing, mindfulness, news silos, noble-truth, pain, pain management, philosophy, religion, sado-masochism, spirituality, suffering, the buddha