There are common myths about addiction that can be confusing and even destructive. One of the myths is that addiction is a brain disease that leaves you with little choice. In any addiction, any obsessive behavior and your most difficult habits you have at least four choices that you can make (I credit Russ Harris, … More Addiction and The Myth that You Have No Choice
“Unpredictability can be a gift. Admit it. Some families can be too organized and over-structured. Sometimes it is more fun to go with things and not always have a plan. Chaos is not okay, but a little organized chaos is entertaining when it is combined with love and acceptance.” For the article on “Addiction: The … More Taking Ourselves Too Seriously is Not a Part of Recovery
Some things just aren’t worth your time? ___ Each day means a new 24 hours. Each day means everything is possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment. You take it all one day at a time. “Day” from Marie Lu’s novel, “Legend.” ◊♦◊ Today. Today is new. Today is THE … More How to Have the Time of Your Life in Recovery
For article on how to make peace with your addiction and mental illness, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the … More Learning to Be at Peace with Your Imperfections
For article on the lessons that I have learned after a year with clinical depression, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to … More Lessons Learned From Living With Clinical Depression
Four choices that will help you find peace ___ Some things you can’t fight, some things you have to live with. Joe, from “the Flash.” Peace begins on the inside Some things you need to learn to live with. Maybe even make peace with. You wouldn’t think that self destructive behaviors would be a place … More How to Make Peace With Your Addiction and Mental Illness?
Music can change your mind, your mood and it may just save your life… “Music kept me from committing suicide as a kid.” ___ What is the name of that song in your playlist… you know, the one that moves you? The right song will hold you, heal you and help you to get on … More Music May Be The Best Medicine For Your Mental Health
What have you learned about mental illness that you would like to share with others? ___ This has been one of the most trying years of my life. But I’m not sure I would trade it for anything. Not that I enjoyed feeling the darkness cloud over me, the gloom, the isolation, and wanting the … More A Year with Clinical Depression has Made Me a Better Man
For the article on Recovery: The Most Powerful Words That You Will Ever Hear, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive … More The Most Powerful, Healing Words You Will Ever Hear
Your words shape your destiny. So how healthy is your verbal diet? ___ Your words become your destiny. Your words become your future and your future shapes your destiny. So use them wisely. It is not simply a truism of positive thinking: How you talk is who you are (and who you will be). In … More Recovery and How You Are What You Speak
Getting High on Recovery 