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OMG!  7 days without power–internet. W/o phone for 2 days. Lived in 80-88 degree home. Have lots of bath towels. Thank God for obsessions. Decided

Dealing with anxiety and addiction recovery at the same time means learning several different mindsets. After being med-free for three years, I came to accept

“Don’t evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way.  If you do, you will be destined to the frustration of

The double whammy is living a life of addiction and depression (or other mental illness) recovery. The 12 steps work best for addiction recovery. But

Forgiveness is something we know we should do. So we usually put it in the category of “I’ll get around to that someday”. But with

The 12 steps taught me the way out of addiction. But they didn’t help me with depression. Luckily, for me, I have dysthymia which is

Emotional health is directly connected to our physical health. Choosing healthy ways (exercise, meditation, centering, and deep breathing) to deal with stress go far toward

Today’s post fits into the “changing you” and “changing others” categories. We tend to focus too much of the negative aspect of our personality without

Everyone has many personality labels yet most of us resist being labeled. Over a lifetime, we each will have hundreds of labels because we have

Are you in a rut? If you are experiencing a low period in your life, prepare a list of things to do to get up

“In my eighty years, I prefer to call that the forty-first anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday, I’ve seen what men can do for each

“And you learn to breathe underwater” 39 years ago–Nov. 24, 1976–I went all in on sobriety. I had no other choice. I was completely and

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what.

Secondary PTSD is not a recognized mental or emotional illness but it is real to those who are living with a PTSD survivor. 1.  From

I use the following resources when I feel I have lost my way: 1.  “The Guest House” by Rumi (check out his other writings): “This

“Ideas are merely sensations imprinted deep inside us…Like attracts like…There is great wisdom in the subconscious mind. If you begin to work with it, it