“Be the reason someone feels welcome, seen, heard, valued, loved and supported.” Unknown “Sending love to everyone who’s doing their best to heal from things they don’t discuss.” Unknown “Love like someone’s life depends on it. Be compassionate, understanding, and kind. You never know who’s crying inside or this close to giving up.”  Lori Deschene #7 Love can change the course of my world. Caring is all-important. Sobriety and recovery enable movement through the most difficult-to-experience emotions to emotions that lift our hearts thanks in part to Statement #7 in action. Before New Li ..read more

“Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.” Yvon Chouinard “You are the greatest project you’ll ever work on. Restart. Reset. Refocus. As many times as you need to, just don’t ever give up on yourself.” Unknown “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are allowed to say no even when you aren’t busy.” Courtney Carver #6 Life can be ordinary or it can be great. Greatness is mine by a conscious effort. Life felt complicated and out of balance before my New Life. Each day brought emotional chaos and a new set of issues from my drinking. I desperately wanted simplicity and a sense ..read more

“Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.”  Unknown “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”  C. JoyBell C. “Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are.  Most of us see through the eyes of our fears and out limiting beliefs and our false assumptions.”  Robin S. Sharma #5 I am what I think. I am a capable, competent, caring, compassionate woman. I didn’t believe it. For a long time, I did not believe that it was possible to get through the day without alcohol.  ..read more

“She never seemed shattered to me; she was a breathtaking mosaic of the battles she’s won.” M. Baker “When someone spews something really hurtful don’t pick it up and hold it and rub it into your heart and snuggle with it and carry it around for a long time. Don’t even put energy into kicking it to the curb. You got to see it and step over it or go around it and keep going. Brené Brown “You don’t always have to find the good in the bad. Some pains are so deep it feels impossible to reframe them. But if you can find something to appreciate in spite of your pain, you’ll have a little hope. And ..read more

“Every day brings new choices.” Martha Beck   “The key to happiness—or that even more desired thing, calmness—lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts.  The key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don’t become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same thing as being a sad person.” Matt Haig   “Happiness is not a goal; it’s ..read more

“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” Unknown (though attributed to Einstein) “It’s only a thought and a thought can be changed.” Louise Hay “Be careful not to let a negative social media life attract you to a thinking.” Germany Kent #2 Negative thoughts destroy only myself. My first conscious sober act is to reduce negativity in my life. Me? Negative? Nope. It was everyone else who was negative or so I thought. Sobriety and the WFS Statements, especially Statement #2, helped me to understand and acknowledge the impacts of endless negative thinkin ..read more

“Today, we are alive – not anesthetized, not sedated, not passed out. Take control of your feelings, and through action, you can change. Today, as every day of sober living, we have a choice.” Ann D. Clark “I have regretted many things while under the influence but I have never regretted sobriety.” a fabulous 4C woman “When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That’s when the sparkle started for me.” Mary Karr #1 I have a life-threatening problem that once had me. I now take charge of my life and my ..read more

“Sometimes, all you need is a break from others needing you, because you need you for a while.” Unknown “Sometimes the path you want to be walking isn’t yet visible. Keep going until you find it—or until you decide it’s time to create it.” Dani DiPirro “Sometimes you simply have to accept that you can’t accomplish as much as you’d like to. If you’re sick, tired, or hurting emotionally, you just have to do what you reasonably can and then give yourself whatever you need to feel better. You may feel like you are falling behind but you’re not failing. You are doing what you need to do to take ca ..read more

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” Lalah Delia “It’s impossible to do anything effectively when you’re in a panicked or fearful state. Step back. Breathe. Assess. Put things in perspective. Release the urgent need to figure it all out right now. Then act, from a place of calm, knowing you can figure this out if you take it all one slow step at a time.” Lori Deschene “You have everything you need inside of you.” proverb #12 I am a competent woman, and I have much to give life. This is what I am, and I shall know it always. It happened subtly and almost without notice. The self ..read more

“We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.” Mary McDonnell “In terms of days and moments lived, you’ll never again be as young as you are right now, so spend this day, the youth of your future, in a way that deflects regret. Invest in yourself. Have some fun. Do something important. Love somebody extra.” Victoria Moran “What you do today is important, because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.” Unknown #11 Enthusiasm is my daily exercise. I treasure the moments of my New Life. One of the most amazing benefits of sobriety and recovery is ..read more