Tuesday, October 27, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) Confident Living!

Many of us in addiction recovery are all too familiar with the feeling of fear. Fear of the future, fear of change, fear of pain—you can probably add to the list. The good news is that in recovery…

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) A Life of Purpose

Many of us enter addiction recovery with an excess of energy, not always knowing what to do with it. We can exhaust ourselves overcommitting, trying to make up for lost time, or just generally…

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) From Chaos to Peace

When we first get clean and sober, it is not unusual to feel like the whole world has been turned upside down. It can feel like chaos has taken over our lives! Fortunately, if we are willing to do…

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) The Will to Heal

When we were in active addiction, sometimes we made bad decisions. Our minds were fogged, but we didn't know it. Our thinking was warped, but it made perfect sense to us! Once we had been on a…

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) School of Hard Knocks

Murphy’s Law seems operable in the life of many addicts—whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Beaten into submission by the school of hard knocks, we wonder, Do we have to learn everything the…

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) Imagine That!

When we first get into addiction recovery, it can be hard to imagine a life without a drink or a drug. It may seem like our life is over and we'll never have fun again. But nothing could be…

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) We Admitted We Were Powerless

Twelve-step wisdom teaches that we are powerless—powerless over our addiction. But does that mean we are powerless over everything? Certainly over the behavior or substance that brought us into…

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) The Wisdom to Know the Difference

The "Serenity Prayer" tells us to be open to wisdom so we can discern what is ours to do—and what is not. Many of us in recovery have experienced the results of questionable decisions we have made…

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) Don't Quit Before the Miracle

How many times have we found ourselves doing the same things repeatedly and expecting different results? We enter recovery and learn a new way of thinking and being in the world—and yet the same…

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 4:00 pm (CDT) Advancing Confidently

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!" This sounds like great advice though many of us begin the recovery journey feeling quite the opposite: stuck and limited. Sometimes even after…