April 21, 2012
There are several things we can do to prevent ourselves from relapsing. We also have many strategies that we use in recovery to maintain our sobriety and keep ourselves healthy. The first rule of recovery is that we must change our lives. What about our lives need to be changed? Well just about everything really. [...]
February 19, 2012
“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation – some fact of my life – unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way [...]
February 18, 2012
I search through the memories of my childhood looking for happy moments. While scanning through them I find there are more bad memories then good ones. Is it that we choose to remember the bad memories over the happy memories, or are we programmed that way? Does our mind store the bad memories in a [...]
January 13, 2012
Until a few years ago, I thought that if I only had the right external conditions I would be happy. I tried hard to get to that point, and by most accounts, I did. That still did not bring me happiness. Addiction rescued me from going crazy by numbing the pain, the emptiness. That solution [...]
December 30, 2011
I feel like I’m getting sober all over again. This time is not a chemical substance but a person. This person was my life partner for over a decade. I admitted I am powerless over him and that my life had become unmanageable this Tuesday. I was at a meeting with my sponsor. He shared [...]
December 23, 2011
Recent events in my life have reminded me of a Buddhist practice that requires that you ask yourself everyday, “Is today the day I die?” It might appear morbid but it’s quite the contrary. When I ask myself that question, I feel free from the chains of the future because tomorrow it’s not promised to [...]
October 15, 2011
This year hasn’t been an easy one on a lot of levels. Take your pick: relationships, injuries, depression, health issues, financial issues, employment “challenges.” I’m a survivor, but I’m not catlike. I don’t always land on my feet. Sometimes I land in a heap and roll around on the ground for awhile, but I do [...]
August 1, 2011
In place of choosing thoughts that sting, burn, and ache, I can choose to grasp those of gratitude observing all as blessings – opportunities presented daily for growth through others. If I were alone, isolated, there would really need be no point – – to anything. Doing a happy dance inspired by that NOT being [...]
July 29, 2011
“The Love of God within sets me free”. (ACIM 1:5) Judgment will not be an ingredient I will be using in creating this day. I am liberated from the ego-imposed bondage of guilt and sorrow when I choose to live connected to. And…the delicious news is that I can change my mind in any instant! [...]
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