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Persistence Pays Off

"If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress." – Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, first African-American to hold the office (born 1961) Just keep putting one foot in front of the other in recovery. Isn’t that what we often hear in the rooms? [...]

Thoughts on Why Perseverance Pays Off

"Victory belongs to the most persevering." – Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor and military genius (1769-1821) Whatever your view of Napoleon Bonaparte may be – if you ever gave it much thought – the fact is that the man was a military genius. Yes, he had his shortcomings, literally, since he was reportedly of small stature. [...]

On Keeping Centered on the Horizon

"Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road." – Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat, economist and author, served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953-1961 until he met his death in a plane crash (1905-1961) How can we reconcile living in the present in recovery and [...]

On Love, Acceptance and Forgiveness

"Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself, and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things." – Leo Buscaglia, also known as Dr. Love, an author, motivational speaker, and professor at the University of Southern California (1924-1998) For many of us, maybe even for most [...]

What It Means to Keep On Keeping On In Recovery

"I hope one day to have so much of what the world calls success that people will ask me, ‘What’s your secret?’ and I will tell them, ‘I just get up again when I fall down." – Paul Harvey, legendary syndicated American broadcaster and commentator for the ABC Radio Networks (1918-2009) It may sound like [...]