Forest Fires, Addiction, Recovery and Redemption

Running From a Dream: How Running Away and Conflict Avoidance Can Damage Your Recovery

The Cornerstone of Forgiveness: The Power and Importance of Forgiveness in Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery

The Danger of a Victim Mindset

Overdose Awareness 2024

The Opposite of Addiction isn't Sobriety, It's Community.

Mind Over Matter: Navigating the Mental Maze of Recovery

The Complicated Relationship Between Society, Substance Use and Recovery

What does sobriety mean?

The Golden Rule and Recovery

The Great Delusion

Stop Running Away from Life

The unintended consequences of a lie

Redefining happiness, success and freedom

Reach up your hand

Extreme independence is a trauma response.

A negative view of sobriety will never lead to a positive recovery

Freedom from self defeating patterns.

Toxic Enablers

Is it motivation or manipulation?

What’s in a name

Freedom

The dangers of destination addiction

The dangers of trying to save someone from drowning.

Pressure & Time

Abuse you don’t deserve, anger you can’t handle and boundaries you have to set.

The addiction to memory

What’s going on with Forest Fires?

The truth about lies

When being right goes wrong

The transformative power of gratitude

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Some bridges need to be burned

Recovery is a process

The connection between anxiety and substance abuse.

Acceptance isn’t easy.

Does it run in the family?

Changing people, places and playgrounds.

Handling recovery plateaus

The myth of the high functioning alcoholic or addict

Battling the stigmas of alcoholism and addiction.

The connection between childhood trauma and addiction

Dealing with toxic relationships

Things I wish I had known earlier.

Perfection is the enemy of recovery.

Hooked on a Feeling. Dealing with emotions and feelings in recovery.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear

An unbearable weight. Loving and living through the addiction of a loved one.

Creativity, chaos and addiction

Embrace, Educate, Equip and Empower.

Amends vs. Apologies