032. Dropping Spirits to Enhance Spirit

032. Dropping Spirits to Enhance Spirit - Nick Michie

Nick Michie on How Meditation Lead to Eliminating Alcohol

Show Notes

Joining us from Abu Dhabi, Nick Michie opens up about his decision to remove alcohol from his life. Nick explains that he felt alcohol was a much bigger part of his life than it needed to be. It was keeping him from being the type of father, husband, and all around person he was striving to be. He discusses the pitfalls he ran into as he tried various approaches to quit drinking as well as what has helped him immensely.

So, what does alcohol use have to do with meditation? Well, in meditation we are working with energy and consciousness. Alcohol dulls our energy, even when we are not directly under its influence in that moment. Think about how you feel the morning after drinking too much - you may not be drinking through the day but the alcohol is still influencing your being and very much impacting your energy. Drinking night after night - even moderately - continues to disturb your energy. Eliminating alcohol simply sharpens your energy, which allows you to get more out of your meditations.

00:00 Welcome Nick

03:00 Social life but it felt fake

04:00 Searching for a deeper life purpose begins

05:00 Transformation begins in Thailand

07:50 Was looking for book on mediation but found a meditating friend instead

08.40 Buddies vs Friendship

10:00 Feeling true connection with people and nature

12:00 Moving to Abu Dhabi

14:00 Years of big growth

15:00 How Nick found Ananda and Yoganandas teachings

18:00 Moving to costa rica

20:00 Nick’s online teachings with his business Two steps from Bliss