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Month November 2013

Little by Little

Whenever I learn a new piece of music, I don’t try to learn the whole thing at once.  Music is often so complex that it can overwhelm me if I try to take it on all at the same time…. Continue Reading →

No easy answers

I don’t know why some people end up lost within an addiction while others don’t.  Nor can I say with any certainty that a given treatment plan will work.  In situations of great complexity, of which addiction is one, there… Continue Reading →

Does sobriety even have value?

Does sobriety have value?  The question seems silly and its response seems obvious:  OF COURSE!  But, if you really look what sobriety means for some people, the answer becomes a bit harder to give.  There are those whose lives burdened… Continue Reading →

Our mirrors are important

The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →

Wake up, THIS LIFE HAS NEEDS

Without any doubt, one of the biggest frustrations in life for me is watching people fill roles for which they aren’t qualified.  Especially if those roles have a leadership component, I watch the unqualified struggle with the requirements of the… Continue Reading →

Our beliefs can create our future

I’ve always liked Pygmalion, the legendary sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory so realistic; he fell in love with her.  He secretly wished and believed that she was real until one day, Cupid kissed his statue and brought… Continue Reading →

I'll stir the black forces

Most mornings, I look out my hallway window and watch the sky turn bright rust.  I’ve always loved the early morning sky-glow: All the words yet to write and ideas yet to learn swell inside of me – a rising… Continue Reading →

An open letter to the loved ones of those in early recovery

Over the years, I’ve weathered a great deal of intense emotional crises with families and friends of people in early recovery.  I say “weathered” because, more often than not, the emotions are like waves of hurricane ballast striking me with… Continue Reading →

Create a culture of recovery

I think it’s hard to argue that we in some trouble.  Hundreds of people each month are succumbing to drug and alcohol addiction.  Needless deaths.  I write this column in hopes that someone reads it and guides either himself or… Continue Reading →

What is "The Addict?"

I believe that it is now becoming common knowledge that Addiction is a treatable disease that follows a predictable progression.  That progression, if untreated, will be terminal.  Though there may be some pockets of people who disagree with the disease… Continue Reading →

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