“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt If you want to know anything about success … Read more
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.” Unknown We all have challenges in life we can react or we can respond. When those challenges are emotional or carry an emotional charge we tend to react. The recovered life shows us how to respond. Implementing the twelve steps or one of … Read more
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides” – David Viscott We all toss around idealistic points of view when it comes to certain topics like, money, relationships, family, and love. Talk to a person that is dealing with an issue in one of these areas and give them the old … Read more
“Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer The Law of Attraction is the spiritual law that says anything we focus on we attract to us. Whether it is what we want or not. What gives the law more power is when we are focused on something with … Read more
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” — Earl Nightingale I … Read more
As the world grows as far as the East is from the West with the ever expanding World Wide Web, the Internet. So does our ability to fellowship further from our homes and at any hour of any day. No longer do we need to wait for a meeting, share a thought with a friend … Read more
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kevin Eldridge. Daniel and I were friends through Jr. High and High School on Long Island. I left Long Island abruptly, from Dan’s house in fact, in 1978. Although we had thought of each other over the years, we had lost touch. We were reunited, … Read more
“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin I absolutely have had periods of time when I sounded much better than I acted. People would say to me “wow, Dan you sound so good”! But in reality that is where it ended. We have all experienced the “Ninety-day Wonders” you know them, the guys … Read more
To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face. —Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pg. 44 The choices we fail to make are the choices that can be the most detrimental to our lives. Whether you are a problem drinker, an alcoholic, or anything … Read more
Someday we may be as grateful for the bad things as the good things, because the bad things helped prepare us for the good things. Mark Batterson. I am reading a wonderful book by Mark Batterson, ” In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day”. Honestly, in the past I have found myself … Read more