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

Freedom Recovery Workbook

Freedom Recovery Workbook I am a true believer in changing the way you think as you recover. Not just the BS you get out of run of the mill addiction counselors that are sober and think they know what time it is. Using confrontational tactics was and still is a friggin tragedy. Getting and staying sober … Read more

Staying in the Moment

“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.” – Henri Frédéric Amiel Recently I was emailed a question that I thought would be good to share: So I have a question for you. Can you describe what staying in the moment means to … 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

A bit of History!

Dr. Bob’s Farewell Address “My good friends in AA and of AA, I feel I would be very remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to welcome you here to Cleveland, and not only to this meeting but to those that have already transpired. I hope very much that the presence of so many people … 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