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Today we have Mark. He took his last drink on April 19th, 2019 - This is his story. Today's Sponsor: Café RE Use the promo code CONNECT for one free month in the alcohol-free community Café RE.  Paul also talks about calming the mind through meditation.  The word meditation comes from the word meditacioun, which means to ponder, and it has been around for a very long time.  What is meditation?  Meditation is about letting thoughts go.  It is about loosening the energetic ties to the past and the future.  It is about being present and focusing on what is, the reality you are currently witnessing.  Meditation is about lowering brain waves to a more relaxed state.  Meditation is a skill and it takes practice.  What meditation is not.  Meditation isn't not thinking.  It isn't about obtaining or getting anything, or discovering who you are.  It is not going into a trance.  Meditation isn't selfish, it all starts from the inside out.