“There is no more important step you can take than to define your life’s purpose. It develops your sense of belonging to our universe.” — Arnold Patent Sustainable Recovery that leads to a life of Vitality comes from living our lives with purpose and drive. As an active alcoholic or addict we are often apathetic about … Read more
“Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.” — Frederick Buechner My mom used to say the proof is in the pudding… We all have defining moments in our lives, the ah-ha’s that hit us often in our challenges and high points in life. I call the challenges “SEE’s” significant emotional events. Those are … Read more
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare Living the recovered life offers us a second chance at life. In active addiction our fear ruled our lives. Fear spoke we listened. Fear was in charge and we acted based upon what it said … Read more
“Action is the antidote to despair.” – Joan Baez Many of us through the years have made decisions or so we thought, only to find ourselves quickly back in the same situation we were attempting to break free of. If you are like me, you probably hopped right onto the pity-pot and thought, “what’s the use”? … Read more
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.” – Rita Mae Brown Not only action but Massive Action! When it comes to overcoming addiction when all is said and done it comes down to taking Massive Action! If we think that we … Read more