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FAMILY – The Weekend Thought   One of the most important things in my life is family, yet sometimes I wonder why. As I start a new week, the thought of family and relationships is foremost in my mind. Funny, I’m reminded, you can pick your friends, and you can’t pick your family. In these thoughts, I must remember the father I was while in active addiction. I loved my kids, but did not love myself. I honestly did the best I could as a father, but I will never win the father of t... Read More

Courage and Willing to Change   Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."
--Anne Hunninghake

“A key quality that distinguishes a successful athlete, or a top-notch performer in any field, is the way he responds to his bad days. Everyone has good days and bad days, and the good ones are certainly easier to handle. But do we allow the bad ones to throw us off our course? Are we so shaken b... Read More

"Only in relationship can you
 know yourself, not in abstraction
 and certainly not in isolation.

 The movement of behavior
 is the sure guide to yourself. It's
 the mirror of your conciousness;
 this mirror will reveal its content,
 the images, the attachments, the
 fears, the lonliness, the joy and
 sorrow.

 Povery lies in running away
 from this, either in its
 sublimations or its identitie... Read More

Live and Let Live   A good reminder for me. I started on the journey to get a life back that had fullness, happiness, hope and serenity. I worked very hard at that process, have had a spiritual awakening, and benefited from the advice of professionals and peers who had walked before me. I wanted what I perceived many to have, a life filled with hope and serenity. A life in which I found my purpose; a life with purpose. My higher power has been very good to me, I am blessed. I am well... Read More

Ironic-A Thing on Friends/the Iron Lung I was talking yesterday with a mentee who was fresh off just another “binge”. He had an aha moment. After 10+ years around a 12 step fellowship, he discovered people he was meeting genuinely cared. It was a real revelation. Then this reading came through today: Since I have been in A.A., I have more friends than I ever had in my life - friends who care about me and my welfare, friends who don't care that I am black and that I have been in prison. A... Read More

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