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Why New Year’s Resolutions Can Be a Bad Idea

It’s pretty human to use significant days as “turning points” – and that is all well and good for some people.  For others, however, using these days for a supposed total change in lifestyle can be problematic.  I think this can be particularly true for people in recovery. Why? Because many of us have absurd [...]

Change Is Inevitable (Even When You Do Everything in Your Power to Avoid It)

I like to think of this as stasis vs. progress.  Now change isn’t always progress – sometimes I make less-than-desirable decisions. However, when I’m stuck, motionless, doing the same thing over and over, I start to get this udgy feeling (made up word – kind of a combination of ugh and yucky).  There’s no way [...]