June 28, 2022

Knowing Your Standards

When I got diagnosed with MS and experienced its debilitating effects, I had a stint of doubt that I would ever recover. I was bedridden and had lost ...

June 21, 2022

Where are you Hiding from your Influences?

When we live under the influence of anything (parents, peers, culture, etc.) we will hide things about ourselves that are not aligned with those influ ...

June 14, 2022

Admitting We Don't Know

Are you a person who is always good to those around you? Are you empathetic and caring? Do you listen intently to those who just seem to open up aroun ...

June 5, 2022

The Trouble with Wanting

We all live under the influence of many things.

Influences all have one thing in common, instant gratification. If it wasn't for instant gratificatio ...

May 30, 2022

Get out from Under the Influence

It isn't always possible to see where you're living under the influence. We have spent our lives focused on seeing the world in one specific way, and ...

May 24, 2022

Where are you being influenced?

The influences that we live under are like water to a fish. Until we can become aware of them they will exist, and affect everything in our lives, wit ...

May 17, 2022

What Would you Like to Normalize?

Many of us who are newly sober want to run around thinking that not drinking, or being sober, isn't part of the norm. But, and this is a kicker, it is ...