September 19, 2025

## Struggling with the isolation

I have now been on the road with this Cycling for Recovery campaign over four weeks. At this point on the trip, the Cycling for Recovery van has traversed 5000 miles, I have cycled over 1000 miles. I have been in eleven states and have slept in twenty-two different rooms (thank goodness for multiple nights […]

Dave Cooke Addiction in the Family, Cycling for Recovery, Parenting and Addiction, Uncategorized
January 26, 2026

## We are God’s Plan

I have been receiving a great deal of positive pressure over the past few months to better organize my message, purpose, and plan for 100Pedals. Even though I am an executive sales professional by experiential background, I have to be honest with myself that I have been resistant to this activity. As is often the […]

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October 25, 2025

## When denial gets in the way of reality

http://traffic.libsyn.com/theaddictionconversation/When_denial_gets_in_the_way_of_truth.mp3 We have all heard the saying “your gut is always right.” Despite our awareness of this truth, we still have experienced that moment where we wish we trusted our gut instincts. It is hard for parents to believe that their children are using, lying, being dishonest, or manipulating them. Even though our strongest instincts […]

Dave Cooke Addiction in the Family, featured, Parenting and Addiction
July 18, 2025

## The Story soon to be told

I am less than ten days away from embarking on a cross-country bike mission. Cycling for Recovery is a three-thousand six hundred mile cycling trip. The mission is to provide love and encouragement to those who are dealing with the addiction of a loved one in their life, while providing education and awareness to others […]

Dave Cooke Addiction in the Family, Cycling for Recovery, featured
December 10, 2025

## Rejoice

When I googled hope, the definition that showed up at the top of the page defined Hope as “grounds for believing that something good may happen.” Confident hope would seem to reflect a higher expectation or belief in such an outcome. When faced with our greatest difficulties, hope can often be all we have left […]

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