Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
“For he will do ~ As he do do ~ And there’s no doing anything about it!” ~ TS Elliot The picture of Charlie Brown picture pretty much sums up my experience of a life fueled on self-will and alcohol: soon to be laid out – ass end down. I would swear there was a conspiracy by the powers that be to deny me a break! My own story … Continue reading A Boy Grows Up
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” ~ T.E. Lawrence In my early days of sobriety as a twilight dreamer I was like … Continue reading Open Mind
“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the popularity of dogs.” ~ Napoleon Why is it so easy to spot the other guy’s illusion and not our own? I find this to be particularly true when matters of religion come into the picture. I remember as a child being quite certain that my Baptist friend was misguided in his thinking because he was not a … Continue reading Illusions
Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie Every now and again I like to return to a early post and I remind myself of the the power of gratitude where I answer the question, once … Continue reading The Power of Gratitude
How many of us were OUTSIDERS growing up? Just a little different Not an in-crowder Nobody’s BFF The price for admission into an “in crowd” is often tragically steep. I remember in my own neighborhood how the initiation rites to the “Lorentz Place Lynx” required a climbing feat that was positively terrifying. There were two bridges that bordered our dead end street, the bridges spanning deep … Continue reading The Broken Souls Club