I had to learn the First Step
By the end of my drinking at age 32 I didn’t look too bad – at least on the outside. I had a lovely wife and two kids, we owned a nice house and I drove a nice car. But on the inside I was a complete mess. I was unable to hold down a […]
Mediterranean Diet Recipes
Kefir Yogurt (Sana) ________________ Prep 10 m Cook 4 h 5 m Ready In 6 h 15 m 4 cups milk 1/4 cup instant nonfat dry milk powder, or more to taste 1/2 cup plain kefir Preheat a yogurt maker or slow cooker on Low. Whisk milk and dry milk powder together in a saucepan […]
Mediterranean Diet Recipes
Cheesy chorizo-stuffed capsicums Ingredients 2 finely chopped chorizo Baby rocket, to serve 4 x 200g capsicums (2 yellow, 2 red) 450g packet microwave brown rice, warmed 400g can black beans, rinsed, drained 60g (1 ⁄3 cup) semi-dried tomato strips in oil, undrained 1 small zucchini, coarsely grated 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley leaves and […]
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This Too Shall Pass
Chaos? Drama? Yes! No! Wait…ugh! Chaos and drama have been a part of my life since before I can remember. If I wasn’t the one causing it (which I usually was or at least had a part in), it seemed to always be around me. When I first got into the program and tried to […]
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A Keto Diet Meal Plan and Menu That Can Transform Your Body The Basics Meal Plan Sample Menu Snacks Shopping List Bottom Line If you find yourself in a conversation about dieting or weight loss, chances are you’ll hear of the ketogenic, or keto, diet. That’s because the keto diet has become one of the […]
I Surrendered
By the grace of God and the Fellowship, I have 3 years sober this month. June 29,2016. The last few months of my drinking/drugging were the most despairing, chaotic, lonely, and hopeless months of my life. I couldn’t drink or take any amount of substance to numb the pain. I was using to feel normal […]
little doggie hangin
The skinny lady ahead of me turned sideways once but I think that was to see the price on these furry little doggies hanging down that the store was trying to get rid of fast. I don’t think she was too impressed because it didn’t take her long to read the tag and turn forward […]
Feverish Dreams to New Beginning
It was late summer, on a hot evening. All the windows are open and I’m watching a film in the living room with my fiancee. When the film finishes, I go through to the bedroom. Nothing looks quite right. Books that had been lined up on the windowsill are piled on the floor and on […]
Book Club Picks 5
Book Club; From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world–where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes…