Five Amazing Life Lessons Recovery Taught Me

July 20, 2017 by Andy M

Ralph nailed it. He’s right- what’s in the past and what’s in our future is nothing compared to what is ultimately inside us.

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The Colors of Serenity

April 16, 2015 by Cecile

We were using the same kind of language to talk about it: Focusing, centering, in the moment, relaxing, stress-reducing, peaceful.

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Balancing Act

March 5, 2015 by C. Scott McMillin

Faded drawing of man's head in profile, on old-looking, stained paper. The "brain area" is filled with gears.

It’s just an extremely effective way to establish a reasoned, rational sense of self that is unaffected by crisis and conflict.

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Sober Again in Margaritaville

July 3, 2013 by Soberchrystal

Living sober is a very special process. A process that you can easily let yourself get tired of, or one that can lift you higher than any beverage could.

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Each Day a New Beginning

January 29, 2013 by Cecile

It was a birthday gift in 1985. I have read it every day since. That means I’ve read each meditation somewhere between 27 and 28 times.

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Dangerously Close to Relapse

January 21, 2013 by Soberchrystal

Sober Chrystal talks about the moment when her five years of sobriety hung in the balance and nearly went over the cliff.

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Mindfulness

November 4, 2012 by Sean Henry Morrison

You can be mindful about everything. The next time you go to the grocery store and you pick up those red apples, think about the time it took for those apples to grow, who picked them, and where they came from.

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The Power of Mindfulness

May 28, 2012 by C. Scott McMillin

Mindfulness therapies are a way of stepping outside your everyday attitudes and beliefs — those automatic to your thinking — in order to consider alternatives that might improve your life.

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