Addiction Recovery Blog | Daniel J Callahan, MSW

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult…

by Daniel 20 September 2011

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. — Johann von Goethe As time goes on in the recovery process I have learned more and more about myself and the challenges that we all face in the process. I have learned not [...]

Not That Bad?

by Daniel 17 September 2011

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt It’s not that bad simply isn’t good enough. I have heard my share of cop-outs over the years. The grandest of them all is, “It’s not that bad”. My question is always [...]

Change Direction

by Daniel 13 September 2011

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Lao-Tzu One of the greatest opportunities we have today in recovery is the ability to change directions at any given time. If something is not working in our lives we can flip the switch and change tracks. Step Ten in [...]

Clean your own side of the street…

by Daniel 7 September 2011

On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean. Aldous Huxley If you want to get clean and sober, it is suggested, “do not go into the lions den if you are not a lion tamer” or “you must change where you play and who [...]

Adversity leads to recovery…

by Daniel 31 August 2011

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles have strengthened me…You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney There is absolutely no doubt about it, that all of the negative experiences and consequences of [...]

Dreams

by Daniel 30 August 2011

Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes We need to be dreamers, we need to dream again in order to live again. The recovered life is a [...]

Self Discipline

by Daniel 25 August 2011

“No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.” ~Harry E. Fosdick Life can be funny at times. No matter how long we are at it life has a [...]

How to get out of the Rut!

by Daniel 24 August 2011

How to get out of the Rut! Getting stuck in a rut is not a fun experience. When the days get long and your attitude dwindles to mediocre at best it is time to do something different. The recovered life is proactive living. There are several things you can do to help shift the momentum [...]

Its all about love!

by Daniel 18 August 2011

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. – Sophocles I was blessed and had the privilege to take my son Liam to freshman move in day yesterday. It was exciting to say the least. I could see the apprehension all over him, the school was a [...]

Champions do it anyway…

by Daniel 17 August 2011

CHAMPIONS RISK what others DARE not; DREAM what others think impossible; DO what others say can’t be done. – Jason James Hun I am with or meet new champions every day. The champions in life to me are those folks that begin life anew. The folks that say, “enough is enough”. The ones that mean [...]

Live life wide!

by Daniel 16 August 2011

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman As alcoholics and addicts when we are actively using we have nothing more to look forward to then more [...]