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Little-Known Secret to Finding Happiness
"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." – William James, often called the father of American psychology, best-known for pragmatism, functionalism and the James-Lange theory of emotion (1842-1910) How many times do we find ourselves saying that we just want to be happy? Or that we’d do anything to [...]
There Is No Cure for the Past
"The past cannot be cured." – Queen Elizabeth I, also known as the Virgin Queen, daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth reigned as Queen of England from 1558-1603 (1533-1603) Wouldn’t we love to wipe out the past, start over with a clean slate, leaving no record of the trail of misery and [...]
Dealing with Bad Memories
"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it." – Michel de Montaigne, statesman, author, essayist, one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance (1533-1592) No one can deny that memories exist in our minds. Indeed, it is often difficult to get past them and get on [...]
Remembering Dumb Things That Seemed Smart at the Time
Sometimes I just love remembering really dumb things I did that seemed like really good ideas at the time. I usually am able to laugh. I especially love remembering the things I did to convince others I didn’t drink all that much. I think this story is a classic reminder of just how clueless I [...]
The Insidious Creeping of the Bad Old Days
Beware of those tentacles reaching out from the past because they have one thing in mind, leading you back to a drink or drug. I’m talking about an insidious creeping in of old behaviors and attitudes that can take down anyone, no matter how much time you have in sobriety. I used the picture of [...]
