Life & Struggle
I Don't Look Disabled
I've got the sticker, and the leg to go with it. But because I don't look the part, the car park has opinions — and it took me nearly thirty years to stop having them about myself.
2 June 2026 4 min read
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Life & Struggle
Pain, recovery, disability and resilience — what hardship teaches us, and how people start again.
Life & Struggle
I Trust My Dog More Than Most People
Getting coughed and screamed at across a shop counter changed how I see humans. My dog never once made me feel that way.
2 June 2026 4 min read
Life & Struggle
The Strongest Man I Knew
My dad, Dave McIntosh, scored against Celtic on his debut and kept Kenny Dalglish quiet. Dementia is taking him a piece at a time now — and there's no muscle that fights it.
28 May 2026 6 min read
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Why I Built Do It Better
Not because I have the answers — because I think we need better questions.
28 May 2026 2 min read
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The Plant Over the Pills
After the accident I was handed a pharmacy. The thing that actually gave me my life back was cannabis — and I'll say so plainly.
27 May 2026 5 min read
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The Years I Lost
I was an addict. I won't dress it up, and I won't hide it — because the hiding is half the problem.
26 May 2026 4 min read
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What Pain Taught Me
Living with something that can't be fixed changes how you see almost everything.
24 May 2026 3 min read
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Back to School at My Age
Being the oldest bloke in the lecture theatre is humbling, clarifying, and the best thing I've done in years.
18 May 2026 2 min read
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Resilience Isn't Bouncing Back
You don't bounce back to who you were. You carry what happened and keep walking anyway.
17 May 2026 2 min read
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Blokes Don't Talk — And It's Costing Us
We taught a couple of generations of men to bottle it up. The bill came in, and it's brutal.
15 May 2026 2 min read
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Living in a Body That Won't Cooperate
Disability isn't a tragedy or an inspiration. Most days it's just admin.
12 May 2026 2 min read
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Recovery Isn't a Straight Line
Healing gets sold as a tidy upward graph. The real thing zigzags, doubles back, and skips the ending.
11 May 2026 2 min read