Thirty days doesn’t seem very long. It is just one month, only one twelfth of a year. Yet, thirty days is a very big deal if you are going through a significant change in your life. In thirty days you can accomplish a great deal. In thirty days you can completely alter the path or […]
I was fortunate to have author and mom, Sandy Swenson, make time to join me on the podcast The Addiction Conversation. Sandy has recently released her book, “The Joey Song” which chronicles her story of her experiences with her oldest son Joey and his addiction driven life. Here are a few excerpts from this podcast. […]
Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. ~ Psalm 37:24 As a dad who has ridden the roller coaster journey of his experiences with my son’s addiction, it was very hard to accept I have no control over his choices. Much of what obsessively drove me to […]
“Sadly, the millions who fail, despite what they might tell you, don’t really want to get better. They don’t really want to change. They are scared shitless to be honest. They are scared to recover and be happy. Happiness is a foreign language to addicts, whereas chaos and misery are our best friends. Failure sets […]
Now, I was making the same drive alone, with nothing but my thoughts, my emotions, my fears, and my pain. It was a very long, quiet, tearful ride home. I had a lot of time to think, reflect, hope, and dream. Road trips can be very beneficial at times; this was certainly one of those […]
