It has been suggested to me from many sources lately that perhaps I need to say "no" on occasion when asked to speak or be of service in some other way. It's not that I resist the idea but at[...]
It has been suggested to me from many sources lately that perhaps I need to say "no" on occasion when asked to speak or be of service in some other way. It's not that I resist the idea but at[...]
There's really no one explanation why we feel "on top of the world" some days and not others. Today is one of my mediocre days. It started out great. I had breakfast with a friend and her[...]
A woman I have not actually met wrote to me recently in regard to one of my posts that dealt with my physical pain. It's not easy to live with pain of any kind but it does help to talk about[...]
I was honored at a Recovery luncheon today sponsored by Hazelden Foundation. The luncheon was held here in Naples, FL but it was in response to the work I have done for more than three and a[...]
For the fifth time in a year I am getting prepared to let a friend transition to the "home" we will all head to one day. She has been a very dear friend ever since she moved to Naples, where[...]
I read a passage in a book this morning that suggested we should seek undisturbed tranquility. I have been thinking about that passage on and off all morning. For certain, I desire undistur[...]
I have needed to change my focus with great intention, lately. That's because I have been dealing with chronic pain for many months, for more than two years, actually. And it may be a condi[...]
I was at an AA meeting last night and a young woman with a handful of years shared the above acronym: w.a.i.t. Why am I talking? It really stopped me in my tracks. It's one I had never he[...]
I am recommitting to this idea, paraphrased from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, because, frankly, I keep forgetting that my lack of acceptance is the root of my "dis-ease." I read a pa[...]
Over this past week I was a co-leader of a 3 day workshop in Naples. The program included a phenomenal group of women and my co-facilitator was a phenomenal teacher. I even got many "take-a[...]