The art of recovery ___ Recovery is about just doing the work? True. But Perhaps… Perhaps recovery is also An Art. Consider this… The moment a viewer recognizes a painting as beautiful, it transforms from an object into a work of art. The act of looking, then, becomes a creative process, and the viewer becomes … More To Recover, You Must Be Willing to See
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Think that life has been hard on you? It’s true! But this is not the end of the story. ___ Do you live your life with your guard up? We all do it sometimes. Living with your guard up can become habitual. We begin to expect that life won’t go our way. We assume the … More 10 Ways that You Protect Yourself from Pain and What You Can Do About It
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When is a lie a beautiful thing? ___ The nature of what is beautiful is to be debated. What is beautiful for one person may be junk, unpleasant, or downright unattractive to the next person. Truly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While we each person may define beauty differently, the word means … More Addiction: A Beautiful Lie
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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
Our cracks are very real and often painful. How we heal can lead to greater strength and increased value. ___ I like to keep broken things for a while. Fixing broken stuff feels good because I believe there is always more life inside. Just yesterday, I threw out an old laptop case. The case was fine … More To Heal, You Must Become The Art
I have a dark window in my house and it has taught me many things. ___ A few years ago, we replaced the windows in our house. The renovation was a serious investment of money but it has filled the house with new light. The replacement left us with one dark window that has a beautiful view of … More Depression is a Dark Window
Idiots are more powerful than thinking people? ___ Idiot: “An Utterly foolish or senseless person.” (Dictionary.com) How is it that the Idiots got into power? How is it that idiots have claimed the power to influence our minds and our emotional lives? When did it happen? I’m not talking political idiots, although there are definitely … More Free WIFI, so Please Don’t Feed the Idiots
Getting High on Recovery 