Daniel

Living a Recovered Life takes action.  We teach folks in The Last Resort Recovery Program that Recovery is living a healthy, prosperous, clean and sober life.  Living on purpose with goals, dreams and an action plan to achieve our goals.  When it comes down to it we all seek happiness.  For some of us we … Read more

As a kid I loved to play organized sports.  In any sport to become a good player practice is essential, to become great you must work harder than everyone else.  I played the guitar and took lessons.  After every lesson my teacher always gave me tasks to “practice”. Practice, practice, practice…  You cannot become proficient … Read more

You may be screaming No, right now, but it is the truth; goals are easy when you are an addict and I will explain why.  First goal, get your drug of choice; second goal, do your first hit or bump or take your first drink; third goal, get high.  Then sometimes a fourth goal, play … Read more

“Too” is the challenge. We drink “Too much”. We eat “Too much”. We try to do “too much”. We need to find out who we are. Take stock of ourselves and weed out the “Too’s”. Become impactful in your life. Don’t just be average and ordinary. You are wasting your talent at mediocre. Live the … Read more

You will never be someone until you start acting like someone, the “someone” you are meant to be. Setting goals is only the start of living Purposeful.   Making the decision to take decisive action is part two. Remember a decision is only a decision if we start acting on that decision. Immediate action usually results … Read more

Ever since I was a kid I was a dreamer.  If I had a dime for every time I got in trouble in school for day dreaming I would have tons of dimes!  As a recovered  adult the dreams have kept me motivated and not complacent.  As we develop as human beings we start to … Read more

For our friends in The United States, Happy Independence Day!  As part of the free world, we have often heard leaders of the world especially the leaders in the USA say, Freedom is not Free!  There is a price to pay.  It is a true statement independence & freedom takes work, especially if you are … Read more

I am Blessed to have four children, a 25 year old son, Sean, a 24 year old daughter Kristin, a 15 year old son Liam, and a nearly 13 year old son Seamus.  There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of each of them.  I have pictures of them … Read more

In the recovery community often people report that they don’t feel like they are good enough.  They don’t feel they are worthy of receiving good things in life.  Why not? Ask yourself these questions: Were your parents always supportive of you? Did they praise you when you accomplished something important to you? Did they let … Read more