In Recovery, What you Want to Stop is Not Really Important

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

Are You Unable or Unwilling? Knowing the Difference will Change Your Life

Sometimes we feel unable to do something, anything. We can’t breathe, we genuinely don’t know, we cannot take even one step, we are not ready to accept. And sometimes, saying we are unable can be a defense. Feeling temporarily unable protects us until we are physically and emotionally safe. But feeling that we are permanently … More Are You Unable or Unwilling? Knowing the Difference will Change Your Life

Recovery is About Building a Bridge from Where You are at to Where You Want to Be

For article, “Recovery and How to Build a Bridge to Healing” click on 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 is About Building a Bridge from Where You are at to Where You Want to Be

Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?

​ In life, healing is optional. Not everyone signs up to do the work. ___ Is your pain something to be experienced, worked through or overcome? Or is your pain a tool? Not everyone wants to heal. For some people, their pain can become a tool to use (against or upon others) rather than an … More Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?