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We don’t have to be anonymous to find meaning and greater happiness in life.
“The day I chose to love the world and its wonderful people, didn’t come easy or happen overnight. Maybe it began in the days when I didn’t know what love really was. Not knowing and then knowing, helps draw a much more helpful comparison. But when I finally learned to love myself unconditionally. Then, and … Read more
“It’s not someone’s political or religious views that are the problem. It’s how they feel about themselves inside. The mean and hateful way some people react to those who disagree with them is often the lack of self-love, low self-esteem, and deep-rooted insecurities. One tenet of spirituality-practicing love, kindness, understanding, and tolerance toward others seems … Read more
In 1997, I was just over a year sober and would enter one of the worst times in my sobriety. Due to an event that included exercise and me believing I had a heart attack, which I didn’t, I would go through a mild, but almost debilitating depression and have my first anxiety attack. However, … Read more
This is from chapter 8 of my book, Facing Our Fears. I’m coming up on 25 years of continuous sobriety next month and it was good reading this again. It showed me where I was spiritually and emotionally back then. But several years later I would eventually figure out the whole Julia Roberts thing and … Read more
