Down in the Dumps?

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi One of the the first things I learned while I was living in Panama Central America  is that people there repair stuff and do not throw it away.  If your blender breaks you take it … Read more

The Heart of a Champion

Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.  – Eddie Rickenbacker The message of Real Life Recovery is to show average and ordinary people that they can build a life they are proud of and they can gain independence for themselves and their families.  If we have … Read more

Personal Growth & Jim Rohn

“Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.”  Jim Rohn Jim Rohn passed away on December 5, 2009 after an 18 month battle … Read more

Can You Cry Under Water?

I was recently asked this question!  Can you cry under water?  Got ya thinking huh?   I am going to assume that is exactly what they were trying to do.  Get us to think! In 1956 Earl Nightingale recorded the first and only Gold Record in the spoken word – self improvement industry, “The Strangest Secret”.  … Read more

Gratitude

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”  -Winston Churchill In early recovery for quite a few years on Friday afternoon at 5:30 pm I attended “Happy Hour”.    Not the happy hour that I had learned to love in college.  A self help 12 step meeting called … Read more

Video Blog!

Welcome to our newest feature, The Last Resort Recovery, Video Blog!   We intend to increase our video production into a teaching series on topics of recovery, life, relationships, mentorship, Spirituality and much, much, more.  We will slowly be adding video’s to our Blog pages.  We will post our videos on http://www.YouTube.com/thelastresortpa and a video Blogging … Read more

The Recovery Journey, Martine Brennan

To paraphrase the song it is a “long and winding road”. Sometimes we are on the highway/motorway, the traffic is moving fast and freely on both sides. The destinations are clearly signposted and the journey passes quickly. Other times, we are on country roads. There are few signposts and we don’t even have a map! … Read more

Belief is the Battle!

“Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, then pretty soon you get it.”   – Wally “Famous” Amos Belief is the battle!  It is not half the battle it is the Battle.  We allow compulsive thoughts … Read more