For article on Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark, 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 latest and … More Recovery and Embracing the Darkness
I don’t have an easy spirituality and sometimes recovery can kick me in the teeth. But my darkness is one of my best teachers. ___ A friend of mine recently suggested that I read some of Barbara Brown Taylor’s work. I have purchased two of her books, Leaving Church and Learning to Walk in the … More Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark
Guest post by Rick Fortier. Previously published by R. Fortier. ◊♦◊ Welcome to the reality show, “This, Is Your Recovery!” There will be drama, a roller coaster of emotions, and almost certainly a cliffhanger for the next episode. It will never be boring. There is no other show like it. If you’re thinking about playing, … More The Reality Show of Recovery
If you are in recovery, go ahead and fall in love. Your life may depend on it. ___ Recovery wisdom says that we shouldn’t fall in love in the first year of recovery. The idea is that you need to focus on yourself because the crazy-love feelings will hijack your recovery. Falling in love should … More The Benefits of Falling in Love in Recovery
Yardwork offers you and me 6 lessons about recovery ___ So I am not much of a yard guy. Growing up, every time my father tried to teach me about yard maintenance, I wanted nothing to do with it. He was able to drag me along, but I did the Houdini thing. I went … More Zen, Recovery and the Art of Yard Maintenance
This is how Google is redefining maleness. ___ Everyone knows Google. Google is the source of Gmail, and Google is also redefining what it means to be a man. It used to be that men were men because of their tools, their sports or their cars. Google is giving the vast group of “other men,” … More Gmail, eMale and What It Means to be A Man
Getting High on Recovery 