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Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

I’ve come a long way from those humble beginnings. I’ve built up things better and stronger then they were before, the mortar for my foundation has the proper mixture this time.

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Posted on April 7, 2022April 8, 2022

I was dying for a lot of years, yet through immense pain and the gift of desperation, and now dealing with grift and loss, I’m able to start living again, and you can too.

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Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Maybe it comes with age, but I’m in a place of peace and acceptance now. Anxiety and depression plague me from time to time and…

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The waiting game

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Posted on January 21, 2022February 10, 2022

It’s not easy but it is possible. You are the one on this journey, no one else, so don’t let people tell you what to do or influence you to do something different than what you know to be true for you.

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The White Flag

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Posted on January 11, 2022January 13, 2022

At the beginning it seemed impossible to get my head wrapped around that notion. How could surrender ever bring victory?

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Posted on January 10, 2022January 13, 2022

Starting the new year off on the right foot: sober, healthy and ready for anything that life has to bring. Celebrating day one in Sannichton…

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The Next Best thing…

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Posted on December 29, 2021January 13, 2022

I’ve been able to focus my attention on much more important things, like myself and God and doing the next best thing.

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Posted on December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Take a trip in your time machine, look back at all you have achieved, you’ll be surprised what you will find.

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Take Time

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Posted on December 9, 2021

Life was this constant race, either I was running, or being chased — always on the go. I couldn’t sit still, I couldn’t stop. I needed alcohol to fuel myself; the more I burned, the more I needed.

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Any Lengths

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Posted on December 8, 2021

At the beginning of this new journey I made an oath to be willing to go to “any lengths” – but what does that mean exactly?

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