If getting sober is hard, then staying sober can feel like an impossible feat. Sobriety represents a complete transformation, one that requires you to reflect, shift, and change the way you interact with the world around you. While sobriety will never be a continuous episode of sunshine and ... Read More
Spirituality
How Self-acceptance Can Improve your health
The practice of self-development can be sought in both internal and external factors. In regard to our health it is important to look beyond behavior modifications and at the self that is contributing to our choices. Behavior modification has been used time and time again to distinguish un healthy ... Read More
Song for October
The morning dew on the grass soothes my tired feet The red, pinkish horizon of the rising sun soaks me with warmth, A breeze not too cold brushes my skin, and a songbird gives a tweet. Behind me is the past I know too well, grinning with a look lacking mirth. In the distance is the future, but I ... Read More
PEACE IN RECOVERY
PEACE. Pax. Shalom. Salaam. Every language has a word for it. We have images and signs for it, the peace sign being one of the most recognized in the world. There’s the famous song, “Give Peace a Chance.” There’s the Peace Movement and the Peace Corps. And as I write this, this month of August, ... Read More
Ordinary Day
It sounded like a symphony. A deliciously ordinary and extravagant symphony. It was just a plain Wednesday morning during the final breaths of summer, him and I were spending the day before the next semester of university. The sounds of jubilance that filled the Market Street Grill sang to the heart ... Read More
A Mission of Mindfulness
3 powerful exercises to reclaim your peace Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one's attention to experiences occurring in the present moment. As we can go throughout the day moving at a rapid pace, we can become unconscious of our bodies, thoughts, and emotions. This untimely ... Read More
Sobriety and Spirituality: Keys to Recovery
Are you spiritual, but not religious? If so, you’re in good company. Greater numbers all of people all over the world are identifying themselves this way. And, as a friend of mine said recently, “it’s not a good time to be in the religion business.” He talked about the decline of the churches in ... Read More
Healing from Trauma and Addiction at the same time is possible
In my work as a therapist, I witness gut-wrenching pain on a daily basis. I sit with clients as they unpack horrendous stories of abuse and trauma and hopelessness and despair. Ask a room full of addicts if they endorse a history of trauma, and most everyone will raise their hands. Human pain knows ... Read More
Animal Companions On the Path
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” (Anatole France, French novelist, 1844-1924) The crows were mocking my dad. Growing up in rural Connecticut with all kinds of animals, wild and domestic, I’d had plenty of experience to convince me how smart animals were, ... Read More
Don’t be Afraid to be Selfish
It’s normal to forget about yourself. We exist within a civilization that emphasizes people to be as self-less as they possibly can every day. Make sure you tell your family you love them; take the time to volunteer; respect your elders; don’t forget to check on your friends. Within all this ... Read More
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