Ambition

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain When I first realized that I may have a problem with alcohol I said something to my best friend at the time. I was … Read more

Suggested Reading List

My Suggested Reading List!  I have been asked often, “what do you suggest I read”?  I always offer a few suggestions and hope I matched the person with the best possible solution.  In my Freedom Recovery Workbook I added a reading list.  These are in no particular order simply how they came off the top … Read more

“Freedom Recovery” Program

“Freedom Recovery” Program Do you want to take your life in recovery to the next level?    Want to motivate your clients, group or loved ones?    Prepare them to get to work on and in their recovery? Dan Callahan has the gift to move people into action. Recovery works!!! However, for the majority of people, there … Read more

Recovery Thinking in Paperback!

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking. — David Schwartz How we think is everything. There is so much incorrect thinking going on when it comes to recovery. People are often misinformed specifically on the … Read more

Stress, fear and worry…

You may have fooled yourself into thinking that it’s useful or unavoidable, but it’s not. — Seth Godin I recently read Seth’s blog on worry and I realized that we all worry whether we are addicts, alcoholics or simply earthlings! Worry is expressed in many ways, for some of us it comes in the form of … Read more

Be a positive competitor…

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain Discover the winner within you.  Each and everyone … Read more

Be a cheerleader for others…

“Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.” – Richard Carlson C.  Cheerlead others! Spreading the joy to others is a great thing to do.  I love to help people see and reach their potential.  When we feel good about ourselves we are more apt to do the … Read more