Jan 8, 2018 | Health and Wellbeing, Integrity, Pornography, Recovery, World View
It’s one week into 2017 as I write this. How are those New Year’s Resolutions coming along? Maybe you’ve not started, or have given up, or perhaps you’re having difficulty keeping the momentum going, or beginning to resent the effort involved? If so, you’re not...
Nov 15, 2017 | Health and Wellbeing, Integrity, Masculinity, Recovery, Relationships, World View
‘Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness ’til it bleeds daylight’ – Bruce Cockburn, ‘Lovers In A Dangerous Time’, from the 1984 album ‘Stealing Fire. Life can be a struggle at times. We’ve all been there....
Aug 7, 2017 | Health and Wellbeing, Integrity, Masculinity, Pornography, Recovery, Relationships
Definition of Clinical Addiction:“Continued dependence on alcohol or drugs despite serious consequences, a condition exceeding the capacity of the user to discontinue use of substance unaided, because the will itself has rendered ineffective.” From the book Power vs....
Dec 2, 2016 | Health and Wellbeing, Integrity, Masculinity, Recovery
It has haunted me most of my life and prevented me from seizing opportunities. It spoke to me using words like don’t, shouldn’t, conform, fit in and can’t. It used phrases like: ‘you’ll be sorry, you’ll be judged, they won’t like it, you’re going to fail,...
May 20, 2016 | Health and Wellbeing, Recovery
Welcome to the reality show, “This, Is Your Recovery!” There will be drama, a roller coaster of emotions, and almost certainly a cliffhanger for the next episode. It will never be boring. There is no other show like it. If you’re thinking about playing, here are some...
May 19, 2016 | Health and Wellbeing, Recovery
The thought of recovery terrified me. A part of me assumed the worst and the life I knew would be over. I would lose everything I that I had worked for. It was difficult to imagine a life without my go-to coping mechanisms. Only a few years ago I was dependent on a...
