“Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.” – Honoré de Balzac Faith, hope, and love. The three emotional needs we all have. Without these needs being met, dysfunction abounds. For those of us that choose alcohol or other mind altering drugs to fill this gap, real life recovery is the answer. Positive meaningful recovery … Read more
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” – George Horace Lorimer Life is worth enjoying every minute of every day. Of course that does not mean that we will not face adversity. In fact quite the opposite. We will be confronted with challenges however … Read more
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple If you read this blog you know that humility is one of our Joy principles. How does one actually acquire … Read more
We become what we think about. Earl Nightingale. In 1998 I was 10 years abstinent from drugs and alcohol. My Spiritual relationship, my family life, my recovery, my career, all seemed from the outside to be clicking! Yet I continued to have an emptiness inside. Don’t get me wrong it was not a depression or … Read more
This was sent to me in an e-mail. I know it has made it’s way around but it is a great message. I hope you enjoy it. Dan 🙂 A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how … Read more
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
“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
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
“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.” — Earl Nightingale Having a positive attitude takes commitment, a decision to do so and then practice. Here are some suggestions to … Read more