One of the sayings that came to me on my one hundred day cycling challenge was, “The practical road may not be the easiest path; but, wise is the person with the courage to take it.” I remember thinking to myself that accepting a personal challenge to ride my bike for one hundred consecutive days […]
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…” (Romans 12:2, NKJV) One of the fundamental truths about my addiction journey is that nothing really changed until I did. As much I wanted and fought for my son to embrace recovery, nothing really changed in his life until […]
Lately I have been reading a great deal of social media interaction about what defines recovery from addiction. It appears that there are a lot of passionate opinions about a very personal process. As an individual in his own recovery from my issues with alcohol and the parent of a child dealing with a heroin […]
For several weeks now I have been repeatedly listening to a powerful song. The first time I heard it, I was completely drawn into the power of the words. “I’m no longer a slave to fear, for I am a child of God.” Fear grips us in so many different ways and can completely interrupt […]
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV It is hard to imagine love enduring with all that a parent goes through with an addicted child. While every parent has a different range of personal, painful experiences with their child’s addiction, the ultimate outcome of this […]
