Someone sent me this video yesterday. I thought it was awesome. A great illustration of an issue I believe we all face. Something that casts a broader net than addiction, its the yearning to cover pain that we all feel. But as this great poem states, “this bad...
As I re-enter the world of business meetings, client dinners and the really exciting “networking socials” and I say that with heavy sarcasm. I’ve realized I need an arsenal of tricks to help keep me sober in what is always an atmosphere of heavy drinking...
Today I celebrate 1000 days clean and sober. It’s been 1000 days since I had a drink or took a pill. Even as I type out those words tears begin to form in my eyes and fall down my face. I’m an emotional person to begin with, but today as I look back on all...
There’s no better feeling than that of “completion”. That knock you off your feet rush of accomplishment that hits you when you completely, 100%, finish something you start! For this ADD, vision-casting, day dreamer, the feeling of finishing comes once every...
This past Sunday at our weekly house meeting I ask the men of Hope HQ this question: Why is the holiday season challenging for guys like us? Here are some of the responses I got. – It’s hard to be around my family when I’m the only one NOT drinking –...
