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This Gemini season, I have committed to sharing more of my views and stories. A little something every day. Today’s story comes from my “dark night of the soul,” not that I had heard of such a thing at the time. It’s certainly not something anyone should desire or aspire to, to n my opinion. And yet, it’s a big chunk of how life shaped me into who I am today, so embrace it I must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.<\/p>Alcoholics Anonymous<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been sober since 2006. At the end of my drinking, I knew I couldn\u2019t control it. One evening, I went upstairs to have dinner with the neighbours, but declined wine because I had class the next morning. If I drank, I had no way of knowing if I would be fine, or wind up in a blackout, completely checked out from reality and having no conscious control (or memory) of my actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That night, I had cocaine instead. Because at least I wouldn\u2019t black out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went to my aromatherapy spa practitioner class that morning, after no sleep, in such a state. I\u2019m sure my hard-ass teacher, Lynn, saw right through me. That course of hers saved my life, even if I never did pull myself together enough to do all my practicums and get my certificate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of that course, I made some good choices. I chose not to do certain illegal activities, because \u201cwhat if\u201d one of my aromatherapy clients saw me on the streets?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It showed me how my life and my path were so not aligned. I saw where I wanted to be: a healer, using natural products, in good health. Not starving myself to be skinny, using drugs and booze, smoking, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is to say, that there was always some logic behind it. There was always some pull to healing, to my path, despite the insanity I lived in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Insanity now looks like: clucking at a large Macaque and then being shocked when it comes towards me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So even today, when sometimes I feel like I’m wandering aimlessly through life, I trust. I keep walking, keep putting one foot in front of the other. I know I am here in this lifetime to help bring healing to people, to help light up the world. And so I do the next right thing, and I trust. I remember how far I’ve come, and how I could never have imagined my life would look the way it does today. I feel gratitude, this deep relief and freedom, deep in the core of my being. I pray I won’t have to make insane decisions ever again (like snorting cocaine instead of drinking wine). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stay the path. I live my life. I do the best I can with what I have and what I know. It’s all any of us can do, really! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poor choice. Get out of there, fast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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