Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
TO ENJOY THE VIDEO IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. Marsha and I are hoping that each of you experience something beautiful today. To get your day started, we’re reprising an earlier post. Something Beautiful For You We sometimes like to walk over to Grand Avenue Park in Everett after dinner to watch the sun set over … Continue reading Something Beautiful For You
Facing the consequences of our actions is the last thing any of us want. In fact, whenever we sow the wind, we pray that we won’t have to reap the whirlwind. We start bargaining with God/Fate/The Way Life Is: “Okay, I’ve learned my lesson. I’ve changed. I won’t make this mistake again. Just give me one more chance. Please please please please don’t crush me … Continue reading Facing Consequences (by Joe Nagy)
TO ENJOY THE VIDEO IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here On June 14 I began my 40th year of sobriety. For the past 30 years I’ve shared that walk with Marsha. How grateful I am. Today I’m reprising her story from an earlier post… ***** I’m Marsha, and I’m not an alcoholic. When I got together … Continue reading Why I Love Sobriety (by Marsha)
A while back I came across an article that shared an interesting statistic. Sixty percent of today’s school-age children see themselves as exceptional, compared to the 8% who saw themselves exceptional in 1964. Today, being average is unacceptable. An Interesting situation when you consider most of us, in most things, are — average. But this statistic opened me up to the larger question of how … Continue reading Righting An Upside-Down World
I wonder sometimes what kind of friend I am. Will I show up when it really counts? What effort am I really ready to make to sustain a friendship? Am I just a fair weather friend? Then I came upon this story from an unknown author: Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his … Continue reading What Kind of Friend Am I?