Addiction Recovery Blog | Daniel J Callahan, MSW

Live, Life Well!

by Daniel 8 February 2010

“Life is an adventure, dare it.” Mother Teresa I recently saw where some folks are offended that the U.S. Postal service has added a stamp of Mother Teresa. Too funny I must say that people don’t have better things to do with their time. What most people do not know is that Mother Teresa at [...]

Humilty and an Open-Mind

by Daniel 7 February 2010

I have been reading the daily reflections for about 20 years now, I do not remember when they printed it but it was about 20 or 21 years ago. Prior to that I used the 24 hour a day. Since I have waffled back and forth, but today the Kelly Foundation sends it to my [...]

Recovery Sabotage

by Daniel 6 February 2010

This morning I received an email form a friend that asked me to answer her questions on recovery and sabotage. I hope you enjoy and implement the answers! What does recovery sabotage mean to you? Recovery Sabotage is the disturbance, interference or undermining of an individuals recovery foundation and ultimately their internal joy. First of [...]

Happiness

by Daniel 5 February 2010

“Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne You deserve happiness, yes you deserve to be happy. Happiness is an inside job. Happiness can come from outside sources but true joy that leads to lasting contentment and [...]

Seek First to Understand

by Daniel 4 February 2010

“A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.” Proverbs 18:2 St. Francis of Assisi in the Prayer of St Francis prays, “… O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as [...]

Daily Disciplines

by Daniel 3 February 2010

Discipline; Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. – Dictionary.com I always try to keep my Blogs short and sweet. Right to the point, so that people will read them without all the fluff! In our Diligence Blog on 30 January 2010 we [...]

Living in the Day

by Daniel 2 February 2010

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.“ – Buddha Obviously, I am not a Buddhist, but this spiritual guru had an enormous amount of wisdom. That word “health” could [...]

Day One

by Daniel 1 February 2010

“A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way.” – Soren Kierkegaard No matter how long you have been contemplating recovery, attempting to get clean and sober or battling all of the above today is a new day. Today is the first day [...]

Happy, Joyous and Free

by Daniel 31 January 2010

“Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.” – Louisa May Alcott When I first got sober the term “Happy, Joyous and Free” would totally rub me the wrong way. Here [...]

Diligence

by Daniel 30 January 2010

“What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.” – Samuel Johnson Yesterday we spoke about the decision making process and taking action. This process can completely free you of the obsession to drink or drug however, diligence and persistence with your daily disciplines is mandatory. In the beginning [...]

Made a Decision

by Daniel 29 January 2010

“Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’” – Pearl S. Buck Many years ago, I would hear folks share in a meeting that they “took their will back” usually this was in response to a recent relapse. They were [...]