Click on photo for article on how Mondays can be the best day for personal change. I don’t know about you, but Mondays are a brick wall reminding me that it’s back to work. Mondays are hard days, but they can also be one of the best days for a restart. There is nothing magic … More Mondays Can Be the Best Day for Making a Change
The most important moment in recovery is BEFORE you make a change. ___ The moments before you make a change are the most important ones. The moments before you make a change are the most important ones. What do you think about this? Before you decide to quit alcohol, or reduce your substance use, or … More Moments Count in Our Recovery
Want to see your future? What you see may shock you. ___ Imagine that you could glimpse into your future. Would it change you? Some people imagine that a vision of the future would change them: To see yourself in your successes, your loneliness, your struggles. We live life on cruise control Life is every … More Use the Future to Create a Better Life for Yourself: The Ebenezer Effect
9 Signs you may be addicted to change and what you can do about it ___ This post is difficult. You may wonder if I feel hopeless. I don’t. Why is it difficult? Because no matter which way I come at it, changing myself is hard and sometimes it feels impossible. Change is hard. Keeping … More Are You Addicted to Change?
Learning to use your imagination for your recovery may be the key to change. ___ What is it? You know, that thing that you want to be rid of? For some of us, it may be a relationship. For others, it may be an addiction or a really strong habit. And for others, it may be … More Recovery: Discover What Pulls You Forward
You can own a lot of things, but you can’t buy more time. ___ Time is precious, too precious to waste by being in a hurry. You can accomplish a lot more if you slow down. Time is precious, too precious to waste by being in a hurry. You can accomplish a lot more if … More You Have Today
Each ending contains a gift, but you have to accept it before it can change you. ___ I don’t know about you, but I am a glorious contradiction. I hate change, but at the same time, I love it. love Fridays. Friday’s are fun days and they signify that the weekend is here. They are also … More Recovery: Embrace your Endings
Tiny events add up: Recovery is one choice at a time ___ Tiny events. Small, minor stories. Events add up. Decisions matter. Do you want to make your days profound? I wrote about this in my journal the other day, “I try to make my day profound. I want it marked with excellence, exuberance and the … More Addiction: The Importance of Living Small
There are two ways two view your life. Which one do you subscribe to? ___ Epic fail or Epic food? Think of an epic fail that you were a part of. Does that fail define you or is it only one small part of you? The difference in these two perspectives may be subtle, but it can make … More What You Can Do if you Are Not Failing Well
Maybe it’s time to give recovery the finger? ___ We have gotten the idea of recovery wrong. Wrong! Recovery is sometimes thought of the absence of an addiction and the replacement with something more healthy. But life is more than addition and absence, plus and minus. Your body is continually adding new cells and removing old, decaying … More Give Recovery the Finger
Getting High on Recovery 