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	<description>Blog of Daniel Callahan, MSW. Founder of The Happy Recovery Program &#38; Author of Recovery Thinking.</description>
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		<title>The Functional Blame Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 17:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Make an effort to not blame anybody or anything &#8211; and you’re rewarded with much happiness!&#8221;  &#8211;Arne Klingenberg  The &#8220;Blame Game&#8221; is a dilemma we all face. When something goes wrong in our lives we always want to look at &#8220;Why&#8221; it failed. If we do not do so we will not change our strategy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren&#8217;t very new at all. &#8211; Abraham Lincoln &#160; It is always nice to be appreciated and even nicer when what you do makes an impact on another human being.  Over the weekend I received a personalized letter via &#8220;snail mail&#8221;.  When I read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persistence and Hope!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance.  &#8211; Marie Curie Last night I answered a call from a friend, I will call him &#8220;B&#8221;, he said he was in NY and in need of help. I introduced him to another friend in NY who helped. This morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep Down, figure it out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.&#8221; – Muhammad Ali I don&#8217;t think I know a human being on this planet that does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Principle</title>
		<link>http://www.happyrecovery.com/the-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["The Strangest Secret"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.&#8221; - Herbert Spencer I was not always an open minded individual. I had an opinion on everything whether I knew anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bounce Back, but do it right!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the audio &#8220;The Strangest Secret&#8221; Earl Nightingale states that we are in an age in our nations history that a man can fall flat on his face and start over several times in their life. Funny he recorded that before I was born and it still applies. Personally, one of my strengths in life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about Love?</title>
		<link>http://www.happyrecovery.com/what-about-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;One word frees us from the weight and pain of life; that word is love.&#8221; &#8211;Sophocles Recently, I met with a person that was sharing about his divorce and he said &#8220;my wife didn&#8217;t know how to love me&#8221;. I was reading a short paper on love and fear just a few days prior. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about me?</title>
		<link>http://www.happyrecovery.com/what-about-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.happyrecovery.com/?p=2698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nothing is good or bad but by comparison.&#8221; - Thomas Fuller It says in 1 Corinthians 10:23; Everything is lawful, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is lawful, but not everything builds others up. 10:24; Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.  I do my best to stay focused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wipe it Clean&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.happyrecovery.com/wipe-it-clean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I tell my wife, &#8216;Don&#8217;t look at that event, wipe it clean and look at hope.&#8221; &#8211; Alan Kiceina Many of us in recovery or preparing to recover have met with our share of adversity. We tend to see adversity as if we are victims of it. Recently I read a story of a young lady [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude, Attitude, Attitude&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.happyrecovery.com/attitude-attitude-attitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.&#8221; — Zig Ziglar When we have an attitude of gratitude we can be assured we are on the right path. When our attitude shifts to me, me, me… Well then we need a bit of an attitude adjustment, and not the happy hour adjustment either! The [...]]]></description>
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