Ch. 4: The Brain’s Default Mode, Ch. 5: Rewrite the Code, Ch. 6: Normal AF
First Reactions:
What stood out to you in these 3 chapters? What felt familiar or relevant? What made you pause?
Reflect:
What thoughts or emotions came up while reading? Did anything challenge how you usually think? What question are you sitting with?
Share or Consider:
What moment or idea feels worth naming? What might others relate to here? What would you want to explore further?
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Ch 4 the quote of Marcus Aurelius: ““Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
ERA=lasting change
That many of our deeply held beliefs are formed without much proof.Ch 5 getting free from the prison of ETOH
Resolve to keep living by my own values.
To take feelings lightly due to they are created biologically due to chemical reactions.Ch6 It’s not my fault-b/c alcohol is addictive to everyone.
Hope. Life will keep improving.
No matter our age, LNAF will continue to satisfy our human condition more than the alternative. -
Chapter 5, page 67
this paragraph really resonated with me in terms of changing my perspective: “alcohol doesn’t relax you. It actually slows down your brain’s neural activity, It dulls your thinking, and reaction time which can feel like relief if your mind has been racing all day. The contrast between an overstimulated mind and a chemically slowed one feels like peace, But it’s not real peace or true relaxation. It’s chemical sedation. -
As mentioned on Tuesday this is the “In our time” podcast about mass teetotalism as a social movement in Britain from 1832 onwards.
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And the other
How much alcohol is actually safe? Prof. David Nutt
https://zoe.com/learn/how-much-alcohol-is-actually-safe
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