“The great secret of success in life is for a man to be ready when his opportunity comes.” — Benjamin Disraeli When we join the land of the living and stop living a life in the death race we are opened up to growth opportunities galore. We begin to see the light of day and … Read more
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. Blaise Pascal The idea of alcoholism and addiction as a disease plays havoc in many peoples minds including the professionals. This concept has long been the center of debate for addiction and alcoholism researchers. For the addict it is … Read more
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson Freedom from the bondage of addiction takes work. Working through the good times as well as the not so good times. The waters are rough at times for all of us recovering people are not excluded from this act of nature. We learn … Read more
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs There is no doubt in my mind that the number one desire of every human being is “happiness”. Happiness comes in many forms. Being connected to God brings us enormous … Read more
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol Time changes our perspective on things. Often our perspective is clouded by emotion therefore we see things differently. The longer we remain in recovery the better our perspective gets in the shorter term. As we learn to put the … Read more
“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker Fear, unless you have been living under a rock or you are new to recovery you have heard the acronym FEAR, False Evidence Appearing Real! What a wonderful way to look at it. However, the truth … Read more
Must we hit rock bottom? Quite honestly that is not a question that can be answered with complete certainty. Does it help to be hurting big time? Absolutely, yes! I do my best to steer clear of controversy even though it is helpful to be controversial in the marketing world. Addiction and alcoholism are contradictory … Read more
There is a segment of our population that believes there is no fun in the recovered life. We use it as an excuse to stay stuck! In Southwest Florida we have begun a “Recoverlution”. It looks like we may have this great music ministry “Radiant Worship” heading our way from Kansas City Missouri, they are … Read more
“Being maniacal about something is very helpful.” — Bill Gates The term maniac when we think about it is not the greatest term it implies we are crazy. But just the opposite is true, we are sane, simply passionate about life. I think I shocked a few people when they came walking into the office … Read more