“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means, keep moving.” Martin Luther King, Jr. I used to hear, “Depression can not hit a moving target”.  The point is to just keep moving forward.  Don’t think too much about the negative stuff it has a … Read more

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen As a man of recovery, a leader and a teacher it is difficult to not be critical of myself when I make a mistake.  Yet, from the start of my recovered … Read more

“Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.” – George Sheehan Our short version of our definition of recovery is “Happiness”.  Whether you model your recovery from addiction after the 12 steps or not the ultimate goal for you is happiness, Joy!  The theme of step 12 is … Read more

“When I came to work, I didn’t just come to work. I leaped to work.” – Al Pacino Living the ABC’s of Recovery encourages an individual to live their life with passion.  Staying positive, grateful, and maintaining a vigor for life always learning more and more about life, love, and You!  I wake up every … Read more

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs When we speak of living on purpose quite often our minds race to a religious definition.   If you were brought up in a religious household or you have sought out … Read more

Reuters reported on Wednesday August 19, 2009 that: The rates of people aged 50 to 59 who admit to using illicit drugs in the past year nearly doubled from 5.1 percent in 2002 to 9.4 percent in 2007 while rates among all other age groups are the same or decreasing, the U.S. Substance Abuse and … Read more

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.” — Napoleon Hill What does having a clear concise mental picture have to do with recovery?  Besides everything, more than everything.  … Read more

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