“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller In life I believe that true happiness, deep inner joy relies on our Spiritual condition. In recovery our inner joy and recovery … Read more
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
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
“A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.” — Orison Swett Marden Throughout my life I considered myself a victim, a victim of life! I always had an excuse for everything that went wrong. … Read more
“It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don’t work.” – Jerry Gillies Of course we have all heard the quote by Albert Einstein, The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and … Read more
“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
“A real friend is the one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. What I have found is that in recovery when the going gets tough friends show up. The ones that kick you while you are … Read more
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” –Lucille Ball I live by the spiritual principle of love. I believe that the message of Christ was a healing message of love. It was not about rules, simply the principle of love. … Read more
When it comes down to it we all have the same radio station playing between our two ears. WIFM, What’s In it For Me? However, each and everyone of us embraces that concept in varying degrees. I am grateful that over the years I have learned to focus on others, on You first. I have … Read more