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Keep Going Despite Setbacks
"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." – Babe Ruth, legendary American major league baseball player whose official name was George Herman Ruth, widely regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture whose hitting prowess helped the New York Yankees win seven pennants and four World Series titles [...]
Grab Opportunities When They Arise
"Opportunities don’t often come along. So when they do, you have to grab them." – Audrey Hepburn, British Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian, best-known for her roles in movies such as Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady (1929-1993) How many times have we sat in the rooms and wondered how the [...]
How a Bad Attitude Hampers Recovery
"The only true disability in life is a bad attitude" – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater and Olympic Gold Medalist, won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1982-1984), overcame testicular cancer, brain surgery for a benign tumor and then removal of an aneurysm which left him with a two-thirds vision loss in one eye (born 1958) Let’s [...]
More About Change
"Things do not change; we change." – Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, philosopher, best-known as the author of Walden (1817-1862) In recent times, we’ve heard proclamations about "Change you can believe in." But when it comes right down to it, the only real change that we can believe in is the change that we [...]
About Taking Calculated Risks in Recovery
"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash." – Gen. George S. Patton, World War II general, well-known for his leadership, outspokenness, eccentricity and the fierce loyalty he engendered in his troops (1885-1945) In rehab we learned about all the dangerous risks we took during our days of substance abuse, or gambling, or [...]
