Success is the intentional, pre-meditated use of choice and decision. Unless you choose – with certainty – what it is you want, you accept table scraps by default! Gary Ryan Blair We all have choices in life we can choose where to live, how to live, what to do, how to do it and on… … Read more
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller One of the happiest men I know on this planet never fails to remind us of one thing. Life is meant to be enjoyed and not to be endured. My friend Jack Jackson’s words … Read more
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson ♦ Freedom from the bondage of self is not free we must work for it. I have heard it said that Freedom is not Free. There is a price to pay for freedom. The same is true of the freedom from addiction. The … Read more
“Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.” – Bill Blackman ♥ The Ninth Step Promises: If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new … Read more
“I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is a step forward” – Thomas Edison ← We have all heard the story of Thomas Edison and the incandescent light-bulb, when asked how he felt about failing so often he replied I did not fail I simply learned what not to do or what would … Read more
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will eventually triumph. And there is purpose and worth to each and every life. Ronald Reagan ♦ The life we lead before we get sober is not who we are, it is what we were. I have not met many people in … Read more
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles have strengthened me…You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney I recently read a research study on suffering and addiction. The study concluded that it is … Read more
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie I certainly do not claim to have accomplished anything great for mankind in my lifetime. But I will say that I am a fighter, I … Read more
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.” — Brian Tracy Performing at the top of your game takes effort. The effort to live a consistent … Read more
“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit… we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” – Aristotle There is nothing more heroic for the addict or alcoholic than to take the action to recover. There are braver things for people to do or overcome but … Read more