Self Help or Self Improvement?

Is there a difference? There certainly is and it is big. I was in a Network Marketing Company and I heard a speaker at a conference say “This is a self-improvement program with a high compensation outcome!” It was my first exposure to this way of thinking. Honestly, I was immediately attracted to the approach … Read more

HOW

Very early in my recovery I learned the acronym, H.O.W. it stands for Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. Recovery is living a happy, prosperous, clean and sober life. Utilizing the tools of recovery like the Twelve Steps, Power of Positive Thinking, the Law of Attraction, Life’s One Law as well as others is the key to … Read more

Start Your Day Right!

I start my day with the 3rd step and 7th step prayer, a couple of meditation books and a positive message to myself.  Through the years I have changed the meditation books I use with the exception of one.  Find the one that you will read every day and use it.  Most are inspiring and … Read more

Once I Get Through This, I Will Be OK….

We have all had the experience of a stressful “life challenge” along the way.  However, that is all it is, a stressful life challenge along the way!  Along the way to what? To where?  You have heard it said, “Life is a Journey”.  (I will leave the afterlife talk to those folks that are willing … Read more

Attraction Stones

My whole life I had the inner desire to “Be Somebody”. I wanted to make a difference in the world. In the 4th grade things started to really go downhill for me. Ten years of age and I had already begun the process of giving up and I did not even know it. By the … Read more

Failure is not fatal…

I have failed numerous times in my life. When I do, I always go back to the one issue that has saved me. I stopped drinking and drugging. In the past I have reflected on failure and said to myself; “self, look at you what you have done now, what kind of example are you?” … Read more

Hope

I am fortunate to have the honor to spend time with a friend that has been living the principles of recovery for nearly 50 years. He has been sober for as long as I have been alive. We usually have lunch together on Thursday. This week we discussed two issues that I have decided to … Read more

Drug and Alcohol Rehab: Pursuit of Light, An Extraordinary Journey

When it comes to recovery the rehabilitation process can be described as difficult at best. Often individuals and families have responded to their personal traumas differently. There was a time in my life that the “why” of it all seemed so important. I would read about the experiences of folks that responded differently to the … Read more

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program

I continue to be asked what is The Last Resort Panama, Panama’s Premiere Recovery Center? It is my privilege to share with you some highlights about what we offer here at The Last Resort Panama’s “Real Life Rehab” Program. Chiriqui Panama is arguably one of the most exotic environment’s imaginable. Recognized for aesthetic beauty and … Read more

Drug and Alchol Rehab: Diana Nightingale Conversation

I am honored and joyous to have recently had the opportunity to speak with Diana Nightingale, “The First Lady of Transformation”. Diana is the widow of the late Earl Nightingale, Author of “The Strangest Secret”. Diana has continued the legacy of Earls message and the key to success, “We Become What We Think About”. Diana … Read more