Imagine a world in black and white, maybe gray. Boring, isn’t it? But some of us want our emotional lives to be like that. A friend told me about…

Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we’ve spent a degree of…

Step out of afflicted streams. I was walking through a national park one day when I came upon a stream. I wasn’t looking closely; I decided to step into…

I ran into my friend one day on the street. I asked him how he was. He said not very good. But if he won the lottery—and he showed…

Sometimes, the holidays are filled with the joy we associate with that time of year. The season flows. Magic is in the air. Sometimes, the holidays can be difficult…

For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are…

Tonight, the sun set like a red ball over the hill to the west of the house. There’s an eclipse coming in just a few days, and the ocean…

One of our choices in recovery is choosing what we want to think—using our mental energy positively. Positive mental energy, positive thinking, does not mean we think unrealistically or…

We were on a trip through the Southwest when we turned around a bend in New Mexico. Lake Albiquiu, the sign said. The campground was seated on a bluff…

You can think. You can make good decisions. You can make choices that are right for you. Yes, we all make mistakes from time to time. But we are…