Locker-Room Pep Talks
It just stands to reason that as a coach, I would do locker-room pep talks! That’s what coaches do! Part of every session I do has an element of locker-room pep talk about it. Why? Because [...]
Who Can Really Stop Using?
In a word . . . everyone! That’s who. Yes, you heard that right. Everyone can stop using. Let that sink in . . . everyone can stop using. In truth, it is not easy. The [...]
Changing the Programming in the Tape Recorder
I call the subconscious the tape recorder because it makes it easy to start understanding what that part of our consciousness is about. I say “start understanding” because we still do not have much of an [...]
Emotional Balance
Is emotional balance achievable when life is always sending a surprise, a problem, or a challenge? Yes, balance is achievable, but to get to balance means you are on a bit of a seesaw ride. Remember [...]
The Most Important Question in the World
We ask ourselves questions all the time. Some are important, some not so. There seems to be a pretty constant mental dialogue going on all the time. We are aware of certain unimportant questions such as [...]
Are You Too Old to Recover?
Older addicts have life situations that are markedly different from those of younger addicts, but that does not mean they cannot come into a lasting recovery. In fact, older addicts of any age can absolutely enter [...]
Are You Ready?
Well, are you? Have you had enough? Are you ready? You might be ready if you are starting to think that maybe, just maybe, it is time to go into treatment. Maybe you have been fired [...]
Are You Too Young to Recover?
I have to state right out of the box that the younger the user, the more difficult it is to get that person into recovery. That is not to say there are no success, but the [...]
This Is Not Your Fault
Does it matter if something is your fault or not? It seems the answer is yes, it does matter. Realizing that getting hooked may not have been your fault does make withdrawal and recovery a tiny [...]
Mistaking Old Failures as Final Failures
This chapter is mainly for addicts that are not in rehab and have given up on rehab altogether. You’ve relapsed so many times after any number of treatment facilities; you have thrown your hands up in [...]