"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be ...

"He clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense. Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job - wife or no wife - we simply do not stop dr...

Its the beginning of a new week! Hopefully the sun will return lol. We've had 3+ days of grey, windy rainy early spring-like days (which are most certainly better than 3+ days of bitter cold and snow!) and I am ready to see the su...

It’s occurred to me a couple of times recently that as a class, we addicts are often born with an unusual capacity to love and very little facility for it.  ”We couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people,” could well be unders...

Whew, spring isn't quite here yet, lol! It's cooold but at least it's rainy and not snowing. I don't have to shovel rain :-)My wife plays in the bell choir at church, they played at Mass this morning. There's nothing quite like the ...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker();one evening an old Sioux told his grandsonabout a battle that goes on inside people.he said, "my son, the battle is between twowolves inside us all"."one is evil-it is anger, envy, jealousy,so...

My previous post was #800, wow!Rain, yay! It's not snow, lol. We had our first taste of thunderstorms last evening. I love thunderstorms (when they are not severe.)Counseling is going well, we ventured into a few difficult topics...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker();orientationvery different from traditional rehabtheory and practice.here we accentuate the positive andand examine the qualities and traitsthat make us unique and valuable tofamily, friends an...

This afternoon my wife and I venture down to Dayton for our third session with the marriage counselor. Things have changed for us, we're both making efforts to change our behaviours toward each other in an effort to begin to streng...

This morning, I stuck with my decision to be happy throughout the day, I spoke with Deezy and told him I’d made a decision and he said it was a great idea. I told him he could do the same and he said “ehh…maybe in a bit.” Sometimes ...

This article is from guest blogger, Beverly M., LCSW who teaches an addiction class in California: With the crack down on Methamphetamine labs from the federal, state, and local governments, many meth labs ceased operation and / or ...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker();values, or lack of, apply to many addictions,be it sex, shopping, food or gambling, inaddition to substances.they influence whether you will continueto indulge in an activity or substance,and ...

Whatever the TV people say out there about the economy, it's still pretty tough out here in "fly over country." I've got major manufacturers dropping their chamber memberships to cut costs because they cannot justify the expense to...

After writing my post yesterday, I sat in my bed, half lotus, with hands resting gently on my knees. Palms to the sky. I asked for my tendency to focus on the negative when I’m surrounded by so much positive to be removed, I pleaded...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker();according to 12 step teachings, the only way toaddress addiction is to admit powerlessnessand accept that "only a power greater thanourselves could restore us to sanity".this offends some peop...

Not like anything is really beginning, or has ended, or any of this will change any of the things I’ve committed to doing, but the new season of Sober House is posted up on VH1.com, and it kicks off the follow up show to Sex Rehab. ...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker();I arrived at St. Gregory Retreat sunday night.this is an 8 week program of cognitive-behavioraltherapy and behavior modification.the program was designed by Dr. Stanton Peele,whom I have been ...

I just came back to the office from the noon meeting. I hadn't gotten to a meeting in a couple weeks so it was nice to have a coffee and a seat and listen. The fellow chairing the meeting today had just gotten out of jail. He has...

Anyway, I just thought I would say hello, as I've been off the radar for a while now with study.I haven't had any exams for seven days, and since then I've been reviewing my study methods from the last semester, and thinking how I m...

_uacct = "UA-2257485-2";urchinTracker(); "Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fate and captain of your soul." "It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to chec...