My disease is with me at all times, trailing me, talking to me. Only through meetings, prayer, meditation, writing, reading, surrender can I learn how to deal with it. Half the battle is recognizing my […]
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For people living positively in recovery
Steve Jobs: Trust the dots will connect
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and the driving force behind the iPhone, would have been 63 on Saturday. A controversial leader for sure, but you can’t deny he was touched with an ability to see […]
Flow with the river of life in your recovery
Early on in my recovery, I discovered the teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. The Indian guru said many things that resonated with me deeply as I tried to learn acceptance, moderation and other essential lessons […]
A powerful story about relapsing involving a New Orleans football legend
A truly incredible and touching story of recovery, redemption and relapsing from the New Orleans Times-Picayune about former football star Jackie Wallace…worth reading all the way to the end. A key part during one […]
Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles with a great message: Embrace failure
Nick Foles, the Philadelphia Eagles back-up quarterback, just beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. But the speech he gave afterwards wasn’t about sports. It was about life and embracing […]
For parents in recovery, this medication may be OK to take (Joke)
I recently was sent this great video from a fellow parent: Speaking as a parent in recovery, I think it would be OK to take “AphukenbrakE!” Very funny skit. Yes parenting is hard. But the […]
Striving for perfectionism is causing mental illness
There’s a good study in the Harvard Business review that looks at how we’ve set up our society and development of our youth to be modeled on perfectionism, where failure is seen as negative. Here’s […]
