Table 2 Example of condensation and abstraction process

As I said, you start to realize that there may not be more than 15 years left, maybe only 10 years left that you can be active.

Realizing that one might have only 10 or 15 years to stay active

Realizing the uncertainty how long one can stay active

Being uncertain about the future

the closer you are the more judgmental you are. I’ve chosen not to talk about it [drinking] with my closest ones because I don’t know if it would help anything, or if it would be upsetting

The closer you are the more judgmental you are, so I have not told my close friends about my alcohol problem

Not telling friends about alcohol problem due to fear of being judged

Having difficulty to disclose alcohol problem to close ones due to stigma

…I see it this way that… as it is now, I have a very free life because I can choose for myself whether I want to work or not

Having free life because of I can choose myself whether I want to work or not

Having the freedom to choose continuing working or not

Freedom to act according to one’s own terms

I have been fulfilling my social responsibility my whole life, since I was 18 years old. Working day and night. Now it feels great to be able to say no to that [others’ demands]. As an older person you own your time… it’s great that I own my time…I decide

After long period of working day and night, it feels good to say no and to own your time as an older person and decide for yourself

Being able to decide how to stir one’s time