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Express Gratitude for all things in life. Love without fear Be Bodacious Laugh, giggle, smile all the time Sing out of tune, dance as if no one is watching. Be the person you were created to be. Be the change you wish to see Do not complain, yet have a 5 minute whine party. You…

Entering recovery is a contract with self and the program you joined. When I use the term program it includes 12-step recovery, treatment programs, counseling and therapy. The type of recovery you select depends on what you are seeking to recovery from. Mental health and addictions (inclusion of alcoholism) are states we can recovery from….

Cleaning out the junk on my thumb drive again. I am a collector, hold on to something for awhile to consider its usefulness. Use to be I held on forever, now I have learned to set some rules and do well by them. That is not what this is about, so will cover that later….

How Did You Die? Edmund Vance Cooke (1866-1932) Did you tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light of day With a craven soul and fearful? Oh, a trouble’s a ton, or a trouble’s an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make…

Do you remember the first movie called “The Karate Kid?” The lessons using the task, wax on, wax off? Each task was a lesson in mindfulness, feeling, and listening to learn the proper motions of the body, becoming one with the body. Something those of us with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a difficult…

There is one special book every woman should own whether actively in recovery or not. A Woman’s Way Through The Twelve Steps by Stephanie S. Covington, Ph.D. Dr. Covington found a way to make the 12 steps palatable to women seeking recovery. Much of the language used in the original steps from Alcoholics Anonymous is…

The Conversations with God, Book 1 was recommended to me shortly after it was published in 1996, but this was a time of searching to find a God I could do business with, meaning I was not interested in reading someone else’s story. It was over the next four or five years that I discovered…