A day at a time…

Hmmm…just for today I choose to be clean.
Just for this moment I choose peace over chaos…
Just in this moment I choose to be totally present, to “feel” my body- to step out of my head and all the thoughts that make me crazy and suffering drama, fear, and suffering…
Just for this one moment I take [...]

Choosing life

I choose life today!

Parents of Addicts

I recently made a slide show, my first…so be nice:-) I wanted to show the unexpected fall into addiction, but not from the addicts point of view, from the parents point – from the place of devastation and grief, of lost hope, isolation and pain.
It is non the less an ad for The Unexpected [...]

Unlike other support methods and systems!

The Unexpected Path Your child is Walking is quite unlike other support groups out there for parents.
It takes a great deal of courage to support another person, to not buy into their victim story that keeps them suffering.  It also takes a great deal of courage for parents to be willing to move out of [...]

Unconditional Love and Addiction Recovery

~Expanding Your Capacity To Love Unconditionally~
When you are “in” love are you happy? I am talking about that “being-ness”, or the “state of” that wonderful, exciting, exuberant “feeling” of the being-ness of love. Love is an awesome and powerful energy that is available to all of us! Who would you be if you loved [...]

What is Life Coaching?

So, what is Life Coaching?
Coaching originated with top-achieving corporate individuals and sports athletes. It has now become a wide-spread phenomenon with successful individuals in all walks of life. Coaching has become more and more specialized. Meaning you can find a life coach who works specifically with the type of person you are, or [...]

honesty-dishonesty

I remember thinking I was one of the most honest people I knew. I liked honesty and looked for it in others. Friends and family, they had to be honest in order to have my attention and friendship. Lie, and you may have a second chance, but never a third, you were [...]

Listening to my higher self today

I am not sure yet if I know where I would fit into a program with counselors and therapists…

National Conference on Holistic Addiction Treatment, April 17-19, 2009 in Sacramento

These techniques have previously been ignored even though controlled studies exist in the medical literature proving their cost effectiveness.

Compassion

Oooh remembering to have compassion with ourselves today. We can be so fragile, we have witnessed a great deal, we have survived the storm, and now we are learning how to be with life, without drugs or alcohol…
Practicing being compassionate with ourselves and others can make a difference.