Years ago I came across this image while working with youth in the criminal justice system. It left a powerful impression on how I saw addiction going forward. I knew there would be a day when this picture would be a part of something I wrote. How's that New Year's resolution going? If you read my recent … Continue reading ADDICTION (A Disease, or perhaps a war)
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WHERE ARE THE FLAGS
FOND MEMORIES I couldn't sleep last night... First pot of coffee started brewing just after 3:00a after I realized I wasn't finding sleep. I did a lot of thinking... a little bit of journaling, and I came to this question: "So where are you at?" It was a vague question, but one that allowed me to go several … Continue reading WHERE ARE THE FLAGS
12:01am… What Changed?
Because I'm writing this on New Years Eve, this is going to sound like a post about New Years resolutions, but it could just as easily be appropriate for any Sunday morning... the first day of the week; the first day of the month, or "tomorrow". Not just New Years Day tomorrow... but any "tomorrow". It's not … Continue reading 12:01am… What Changed?
HERE’S THE PROBLEM…
There’s a lot of time spent on the trail between the Trailhead and the Summit; a lot of time for the mind to go in various directions. I’m a reflector… a ponderer… and, as a coworker recently said, a ruminator. At times, I can get lost out in the wilderness of my thoughts, requiring Search … Continue reading HERE’S THE PROBLEM…
BECOMING STRONGER THAN THE EXCUSES
As a person who's spent years working with people in the throes of addiction, I am fully aware that the battle to become clean and sober is never over. The demons never really leave, they simply take up residence on the outskirts of town and await an opportune time to test our convictions... always looking … Continue reading BECOMING STRONGER THAN THE EXCUSES
THE MISSING PIECE
PUTTING TOGETHER A PUZZLE You open the box of a 1000-piece puzzle and dump the contents out on a table. The pieces fall into a chaotic pile, and you begin to spread them out and turn them face up, working to establish some order to the mess. You grab each piece without giving much thought … Continue reading THE MISSING PIECE
EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE
Can a person find balance when they need to make extreme changes? This is where I’m going in this post. Those words came to me as I laid down the other night after another hard workout... “Everything comes with a price…” It was Wednesday night, Day 16 of a streak dating back to August 29th … Continue reading EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE
I WANNA…UNTIL I DON’T WANNA
I WANNA… It’s a weekly topic of conversation in my office… sobriety, getting out of the legal system… getting “my life” together. I wanna get clean… I wanna get sober… I wanna get off probation… I wanna get back into my kids lives… It came up when I was a basketball coach… I wanna win … Continue reading I WANNA…UNTIL I DON’T WANNA
GANNETT PEAK
We live in a culture that more and more seems to require immediate gratification… immediate results, in order to hold our attention. If the reward doesn’t come quickly, we move on to other sources in search for that dopamine spike into our brain. However, those truly significant dreams we hold deep within our heart are … Continue reading GANNETT PEAK
The Spider and the Fly
(I didn’t see this post coming when I started my morning… but perhaps a lesson we can find a practical way to apply to our own lives.) I saw an interesting battle on my front porch this morning. A larger than average spider was lowering itself by its web out of the tree next to … Continue reading The Spider and the Fly