Do You Understand Detachment?

I’m off at 6 in the morning for golf, so  an early blog!

For years, I have heard about detachment, often loving detachment. As the child of an alcoholic who went on to be a practicing addict in several areas, it is not a term I understood, particularly with the word loving and detachment used together.

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On A Run of Bad Luck? And Wonder Why?

For a long time I thought I was on a run of bad luck!

My wife had left me, friends were pulling away, and nothing seemed to come together at work, not to mention I never won the lottery or even a lucky draw?

Ever had that feeling?? Just plain bad luck.

It’s funny after I decided to seek help and... Read More

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Sick As Your Secrets?/Transparency

What a great reminder tonight, and it tied in to closing off my personal inventory.

I, like many others, had secrets buried deep inside of me that I honestly thought I die with. No one ever had to know.

Today I am aware that these secrets caused guilt and shame daily, and some I had buried so deep that in my own Disneyland, they we... Read More

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Are You A Friend of You?

In doing an inventory, this was one of the questions I asked myself. I continue to ask it on a regular basis. How would I feel about doing or witnessing certain actions to or being done to a friend? In this context, I’ve inflicted things on myself I’d never wish on another person, and allowed things to happen to me that I’d stop if I saw t... Read More

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Ever Taken Inventory of You??

Often in my life I have been guilty of taking the inventory of others! In my journey of recovery, I was asked to take an inventory of myself. That was different.

I had found myself at 46 with no idea of who I was or how I became the sad person that I was. As I got into a program of recovery for myself, I was told to be fearless and thorough in my invent... Read More

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