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advice by JohnFeb 26, 20181:40 amFebruary 26, 2018
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Listen to your heart or your disease?

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 […]

advice by JohnFeb 25, 20182:25 pm
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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 […]

advice by JohnFeb 13, 20183:06 amFebruary 25, 2018
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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 […]

news by JohnFeb 11, 20182:43 pmFebruary 25, 2018
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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 […]

advice by JohnFeb 10, 20186:02 pmFebruary 25, 2018
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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 […]

life by JohnJan 30, 201810:08 pmFebruary 25, 2018
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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 […]

news by JohnJan 30, 20183:34 amFebruary 25, 2018
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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 […]

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