If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me, I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. – Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th President of the United States One great thing about history is our Presidents from this long … Read more
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun There are two types of motivation: The motivation to attain something we want, in other words we are running towards pleasure and the second is the avoidance of pain. In the beginning stages of recovery, the end days so to … Read more
Medical Aspects of Alcohol and Alcoholism 1. Alcoholism: classified as a disease, characterized by a loss of control. 2. Hangover Effects: mini-withdrawal from a depressant drug; causes agitation upon detoxification. Symptoms include: headache, irritability, dehydration, upset stomach, anxiety, nausea, jumpiness. 3. Malnutrition: alcohol has no nutritional value; essential vitamins, minerals, proteins are missing from the … Read more
Good Morning, The information I’ll be sharing in this blog was given to me at an outpatient drug and alcohol program I recently completed. I found it to be very helpful. I let Dan know all the great information I was getting, and true to Dan, he “suggested” I share it on his blog. Today, … Read more
“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
“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
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
“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