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Unconditional Love
The first hint I had that I was beginning to love myself unconditionally was in 2007. For years into my sobriety, I would beat myself up whenever I didn’t behave in a kind or tolerant manner toward someone in certain circumstances, especially my wife. I wrote about learning to love myself unconditionally in my book [...]
Happiness Doesn’t Grow On Trees
“When I talk to people about happiness, I make sure to explain that if we expect to become truly happy in life, growth has to be a very important part of it. I wrote in an older post called “Grow for Happiness” that there is both spiritual and personal growth we can acquire. Personal growth [...]
How AA Really Works
This is the first of a three part video I made last summer with a friend who goes to Alcoholics Anonymous in an attempt to help people better understand the AA program. Although I felt the video came out OK and basically helped us accomplished what we had set out to do, there were times [...]
Personal And Spiritual Growth
Finding true happiness in my life came about by a slow and often uncertain journey on a path that I would later figure out I created. A journey that while far from over, no longer requires as much effort as it once did to believe in myself and a creator I presently call God. Here [...]