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
The work of recovery is growing up. Don’t fear, this guide will help you to understand the 8 tasks of maturity. ___ Recovery is not all that it is promised. You hope for freedom from addiction, release from mood swings, and relief from cravings and what I call the Spiny Toothed Mad Man. Recovery, it … More The Wide Road of Recovery: Maturity and Recovery
Understanding addiction will help you to understand recovery. ___ Everything you know about addiction may be wrong. But not because of science, and not because I know things that you don’t. Sometimes our minds search for simple answers and as a result, we get it wrong. Everything you know about addiction may be wrong. But … More What is Addiction and What is it Not?
Recovery is not about how much you know, it is about finding yourself again. ___ Headlines are exploding. Britain is leaving the European Union. (I had to be educated about this Brexit means Britain-Exit) There is a gun control sit-in happening in Washington. Bathrooms are a war zone. Guns seem to be everywhere. Should you be concerned? … More Recovery, Brexit and Finding Yourself
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?
Happiness is elusive, impossible to control and it does not last. And it is important. ___ Happiness is much more than a feeling. It is about our meaning, it is spiritual. Spiritual (but not necessarily religious), because it connects with something important inside of us. Happy. It’s difficult to define, but we all know … More Recovery and Happiness
Your diagnosis does not have to define you ___ Fight. It’s what we do. We come into the world screaming and we often leave the planet still screaming and thrashing. Darwin called it the Survival Instinct, really it is just our innate sense of fighting against decline or suffering. We come into the world screaming and we … More How do You Accept Your Depression Without Surrendering to it?
Your path will change you ___ Your path. It means everything. However you choose to go, if by foot, or by car, or by bike, or by air. How you get there makes the path come alive. In recovery, your path is your teacher. Your path will bring the obstacles. The obstacles bring life to … More Recovery is Found on the Way
Camping can teach you and me some important things about recovery. ___ When I get home from most camping trips I am in need of recovery. Not because I drink a lot, but because I have not eaten properly or slept well, because I have more blisters than I need and because I have a … More 10 Ways that Recovery is Like Camping
Getting High on Recovery 