I remember being new and how uncomfortable being new can be. No one likes to feel like an outsider while they are trying to get on the inside.
Being New Beats Dying
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Posts by Robert
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
Episode #159 – Tuesday The Fix: Holiday Hostage
The holidays can be fantastic or they can be a trap.
Episode #158 – Friday The Checkup: Experience, Strength, and Hope
For those of you with a 12-step background and certainly Alcoholics Anonymous, you will have heard this countless times in the preamble of AA. These three are foundational to the fellowship of our recovery and at the very foundation of who we are. These three direct us in what to share and what to rely on.
Victim No More
For me, the opposite of being a victim was ownership. Once I decided my pain was more than I could bear and no one was going to come to save me, my only option was personal ownership. The challenge was, how does someone who spent their life as a victim take ownership? The answer is very simple, yet it had alluded me for so long.
Escaping the Inescapable
There’s nothing worse than being trapped and knowing you are trapped. What makes it even worse, is knowing that you are trapped and it is likely you will die a trapped person. That is addiction. Addiction is a trap and can appear inescapable.
Episode #157 – Tuesday The Fix: Stressors of Life
Whether they be natural or self-induced, stressors can be like trying to body surf in a riptide. If we don’t get out, we could drown.
Episode #156 – Friday The Checkup: Recovery and the Quality Movement
When I was introduced to these points, it was in personal development. I will list a few of the points that I think are relevant to the quality that I find necessary to incorporate into our lives. We can then improve the areas that we are looking to improve.
One Thing
When I first came to recovery I was told that I only had to change ONE thing. Not too bad, right. ONE thing. Who can’t change ONE thing? So, I asked what that ONE thing was and they told me that ONE thing was EVERYTHING!
Episode #155 – Tuesday The Fix: Power of Understanding
“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
Episode #154 – Friday The Checkup: Recovery Milestones
We can define our progress by the milestones of life.
Self Care
When we’re in a better place, we can be a better wife, mother, husband, co-worker, or friend, and person at large. Depending upon what your personal access is will determine what you can do in pursuing self-care.
Nature vs. Nurture; Let the Battle Begin
“…does changing my nurturing environment overcome the pre-disposition of nature. If nature is the dominant contributor at what point do I take responsibility for being or not being a particular way?”