Daniel OPIOID ABUSE CONNECTED TO MOOD, ANXIETY DISORDERS Recent studies examining the overwhelming problem of non-medical prescription drug abuse and addiction have shown a link between those suffering from all mood and anxiety disorders and the potential for opioid abuse. The study seems to show that in many cases the abuse of opioids is a form … Read more
What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be? —Nido Qubein I have reflected on all of the chatter about “New Year Resolutions”. As I read through each one of them I thought, “why do people make these, they simply do not work”. … Read more
“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.” – Henry Moore I have said this for a very long time, people in active recovery have a step up over everyone else. Living the principles of recovery not only gives us a daily reprieve from addiction but it offers us a way of … Read more
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, un-forgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” — Glenn Clark I was speaking with my friend Keith recently about how my family raised me. My parents were givers and believed in helping others that are less fortunate. The week of Christmas my … Read more
I recently had the pleasure to speak with Debbie Davis the co-founder of Recovery First an addiction treatment center located in South Florida. Recovery First is unique in their program in that they go the extra mile to assist people in their personal recovery experience. Additionally, they are “In-Network” for every imaginable insurance plan this side … Read more
“People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.” — Benjamin Disraeli In early recovery we must be diligent of both sides of the coin the positive and the negative. We are extremely sensitive in the early stages of the process. Sometimes it is the broken shoelace that sends us over … Read more
“The thing is, we have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging, to free our inner selves to attract what we say we want. Until we do, we are hamsters in a cage chasing our own tails and wondering why we aren’t getting the results we seek.” — Dr. Joe Vitale We … Read more
“Character isn’t inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.” — Helen Douglas Implementing the Steps is much more than just taking the Steps! I have worked with … Read more
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.” – Benjamin Disraeli Many of us were taught to not show our emotions. As we grow in our recovery we learn that our emotions are real and they represent how we actually are feeling. We begin to recognize that showing our feelings … Read more