I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Many of us seek the fame, power, salary, or talent we see on American Idol. A SuperHuman Being learns to let go of the need to be famous or recognized. Today, being known as a famous person or even a […]

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Yesterday, we outlined the journey and stages of Recovery. Today, I want to share my lived experience of putting these stages into practice. First, I increased my knowledge. During the first part of my journey, I sought out therapists, psychiatrists,

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. We have only to follow the string of the Recovery path. Where we thought we would find suffering, we find healing. Where we thought we would extinguish a person, we discover that we are extinguishing ourselves. Where we thought we

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Recovery, when we look at it honestly, brings us into union with our spirituality. This can be hard to believe or understand when we have little sense of purpose, little courage, weak boundaries, and very little inner spiritual experience. The

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. When change and growth are not part of our Recovery, and we do not take seriously the way fear can blind us, our Recovery can become focused on staying the same. We may spend more time protecting what we already

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Recovery maturity is neither offensive nor defensive. It allows us to accept reality as it is. If we want to become free, we need to grow up spiritually. Richard Rohr writes in Falling Upward that the True Self we discover

  My wife and I were filled with joy as we welcomed our new grandchild into the world. We just returned from a two-week visit with our daughter and son-in-law. Josiah Roy Couch was born on August 6, 2026, at 9:36 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. There is a tremendous amount of joy

It is great to be back. I missed our daily connection with each other. I will share more about my experiences over the past two weeks in tomorrow’s blog I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Radical Acceptance means embracing reality, even when it’s not what we

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Our oldest daughter is expecting a baby around August 3. My wife and I are looking forward to welcoming our fourth grandchild. We will be traveling to Arkansas tomorrow, July 31, 2026. Please keep our family in your daily prayers.

I hope wherever you are, you know Recovery is with you right where you are. Everything we have been talking about in Recovery—about falling so we can rise—is not a new idea. This truth has been shared for centuries through the stories and myths of men and women who discovered themselves on the journey of