We were created fully human. We were given emotions, desires, hopes, dreams, and feelings. There is an alive, excited, fun loving child in us somewhere! Let it come out! Let it come alive! Let it have some fun

Many people in early recovery from addiction, alcoholism, gambling and codependency are challenged by philosophical questions such as posed here.

The Abstinent Approach to Healthy Wine Consumption In the Sober Kitchen
by Recovering Chef Liz Scott
No doubt since you put down that last drink, you have noticed that researchers are continually discovering good and healthy things about drinking, particularly red wine. Most recently, a compound called resveratrol, which is present in grape skins [...]

Self-Sabotage Syndrome in
the Workplace By Amy
Eden I just began reading
Janet Geringer Woitiz’;s
book, “The Self-Sabotage
Syndrome: Adult Children
in the Workplace,” and it’;s
pretty good. I’;m surprised
to find a book that focuses
on the issues of adult
children as they are played
out in the work place. But,
it makes sense to do so.
How much time do we
spend at work? Most of
every day of every week
of most of our lives. The
tone of the book is a lot like
her New York Times
bestseller, “Adult Children
of Alcoholics.” They’;re
published by HCI, which
publishes most of the
literature

We admitted we were powerless over mental disorders and substance abuse

This intelligent and wide-ranging book has an undeniable appeal to anyone with the yearning to understand more deeply the nature of spirituality.

The Promises…of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

If we are casual with this phase of our development, we will be drunk before we are halfway through.
We are going to know a new imprisonment and a new misery.
We will relive the past and won’t be able to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word CONFLICT [...]

The Power of Humility
Recovery, for me, was not just getting sober. Recovery also involved finding a new spiritual philosophy.
I was often reminded of the slogan; ‘The man I was, was a drinker. The man I was would drink again.’ I had to change. And false humility was my primary character defect. [...]

Dismiss the stigma attached to masturbation.
People in early recovery from alcoholism, addiction and codependency are often advised to avoid new relationships that involve emotional ups and owns. These people may also be fearful of masturbation to relieve the natural urges and processes of being human.
This article puts to rest some of the [...]

If you can’t fight and you can’t flee, flow. - Robert Eliot
Too often, we men have lived with a single answer to every situation: win. We saw our friendships in competitive terms, so we couldn’t let our guard down. We looked at life as a challenge to be conquered rather than something to [...]