A 5% improvement required everything to change.
I got a new roof this week. I didn’t need one. The old roof wasn’t old, ten years at most. You really can’t even see my roof unless you’re sky diving. Buying a new roof you don’t need and can’t…
12 step recovery
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My Recovery has become more than just staying sober.
I hang out with addicts all the time, thankfully mostly in crappy church basements on folding chairs that shake from too much coffee as we go around the room talking about how our lives had become unmanageable and how by…
After 120 days sober:
The number of people who walk thru this life totally authentic is probably very small… even unconsciously we cover up parts of ourselves and then only with diligent effort do some of us allow our innate nature to fully reveal…
When happiness becomes the by-product…..
In 1980 in Center City, Minnesota a tiny book was published by the undeniable leaders in addiction treatment, Hazelden, titled “Food for Thought… daily Meditations for overeaters”. The author is anonymous and the wisdom is focused on recovering from food…
Back on the wagon: the perils of spiritual recovery….
In times of desperation, I’ve climbed the steps to temples and churches, into therapist’s offices and 12 step groups and wisdom circles seeking peace from the struggles and the happiness I thought was promised. I show up hungry for…