If All that You Do is Stop Drinking, Using, Feeling Depressed or Anxious… You are Not Really in Recovery ___ Recovery is much more than what you want to stop doing, cut back, stay away or abstain from. Abstain from drug use Stay away from alcohol No longer feel sad all of the time Stop … More In Recovery, What you Want to Stop is Not Really Important
Your emotions, your mistakes, your thoughts do not define you. Your life is bigger than the things you are trying to leave behind. ___ Anger fires through your veins and you just cannot calm yourself down… you feel ready to blow. You make impulsive decisions when you feel overwhelmed. You can be insensitive to other’s … More The 10 Commandments of an Emotionally Intelligent Recovery
For article on how Dwelling on What Was will Rob You of What Is, 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 Be Honest, Recovery is not About the Drugs or the Depression
For article on how Dwelling on What Was will Rob You of What Is, 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 What We Are Searching For is What We are Avoiding
For article on how Dwelling on What Was will Rob You of What Is, 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 Recovery is About Today
Recovery is not about the drugs or the depression. It is about what happens today. ___ Dwelling on what was will rob you of what is. Hector and the Search for Happiness How old are you? Does age really matter? Probably not. Other things matter more, like health, happiness, relationships and a sense of meaning. … More Dwelling on What Was will Rob You of What Is
Having psychological flexibility can make you resilient and will support your recovery. ___ I am inflexible. My heels are stiff and sometimes sore. It comes from a recurring injury to my left heel. Doctors call it Plantar fasciitis. My heels are stiff and a little painful in the morning and take a few minutes to warm … More How Will a Flexible Mind Support You in Your Healing?
Perhaps Today Will Be Better? ___ Perhaps is a word of change. It is a word that is both uncertainty and possibility all wrapped in one. It believes in spontaneity, chance, and wonder. It is playful. It gives flexibility to our thinking and an openness to new things. Perhaps today will be better. Perhaps is not … More Perhaps this is One of the Most Radical Words of Your Recovery
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Follow your dreams is terrible advice. Don’t do it. Following my dreams led me to years of frustration and dead-ends. My life improved when I gave up on my dreams. Big Dreams are for Disney If I followed my dreams, I would be a career writer, travelling the world and talking about my books. But … More Follow your Dreams is Terrible Advice
Getting High on Recovery 