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Recovery Coach LLC, Monument, CO (2026)

11/22/2024

November is gratitude month….Gratitude day 22.
Those of you who know me best, know what today means to me.
All those years ago, believing i was hopeless, helpless and unlovable. Shaking and sweating, needing alcohol just to make it through the next hour, day, week ..really the next minute. Sitting in the center of a self imposed crisis I could no longer postpone or evade,I thought my life was over.
But it wasn't. I had a singular moment, when gripped by something bigger than me, which brought me hope I could change. I noticed the goodness and love that pervades the universe, which is constantly being shown by the people around us. I saw that by being willing to throw all of that which I thought I knew away, I could become teachable to that which I did not. I realized that I could not only recover from my alcoholism, but I could help my fellow travelers to recover hope in their lives as well!!! I have. I have been privileged to help so many people back from the brink, that in this action I have been rewarded the one thing my life had been missing up until that fateful day. Purpose.
So during this month of giving thanks, and personal rebirth for me………….
All I really want to say is THANK YOU to all of those people who have trusted me to help them recover. Because without you all , I would not be the man I am today. ( if you try to call to catch up today please don't take it personally if I don't immediately reply, I'm doing what I do and working with a guy, then heading to the rescue mission to try to bring some hope to someone who really needs it . So a better way to do a thanks us by helping someone else feel like they actually matter again)
One love

10/19/2024

Our relationships are our sacred responsibilities, for they are the framework within which life is lived. They show us where we have more learning and loving to do. Our interactions with others call up the disabling beliefs and negative patterns of behavior we need to release—the cynicism, anger, resentment, and jealousy that block love’s flow. Our relationships are our mirrors; they reflect where we are in consciousness. And if we are willing to face the truth about ourselves, our relationships offer the lessons that lead to our greatest transformation.

06/13/2024

Cleaning My Hard Drive
An Excercise In Working The Steps

I was talking to a friend one evening and she shared how she dealt with her resentments. I remember going home happy because I didn't think I had a resentment problem. I was wrong.

That night my computer wasn't working properly, I quickly realized that my hard drive was full. To free up space, I used the computer's uninstall wizard to get rid of unwanted programs. My computer ran much better.

Then it hit me: my brain was full of resentments, and it wasn't working properly. Years of resentments had clogged my brain and affected my serenity and happiness.

Computer programs have branches that reach into the deepest part of the computer. It's easy to find and delete a single computer program, but it is almost impossible to find and delete all of the interconnecting programs.

Resentments are very similar to unwanted computer programs. I had accumulated more than 45 years of resentments. My brain has billions of interconnections to my resentments, and I cannot begin to understand how to delete all of them.

My computer's uninstall wizard uses four steps that simplify finding and deleting unwanted programs and their connections. In the first steps, I search the hard drive to identify any unwanted programs. I then discuss with a systems administrator the exact nature of the unwanted program to determine if it should be removed. The wizard then asks if I am entirely ready to delete the program. By selecting the finish button, I ask my computer to remove the unwanted program and the process of seeking out and eliminating the unwanted program and all of its connections begins.

I needed an uninstall wizard for my resentments. I found one with Steps Four, Five, Six, and Seven. These Steps, used with other program tools, help eliminate and prevent resentments.

With Step Four, I take a fearless and searching moral inventory. I can identify and list resentments that were not previously visible. It allows me to see my part in my resentments.

I take the Fifth Step to verify, validate, and sort out the exact nature of my resentments by sharing with myself or another person. In the Sixth Step I realize what character defects are not good for me. Once I realize that resentments make me angry, obsessive, and only hurt me, I am entirely ready to remove them.

The Seventh Step is the finish button that allows my Higher Power to do His job. I humbly ask Him to remove my resentments. This request starts a process where my Higher Power finds and eliminates the remainders of my resentments. After taking the Seventh Step, I need to be patient. My computer works in near real time, but the Seventh Step works on God's time. Computers are attacked daily by viruses and spy ware. Antivirus programs protect the computer by constantly taking inventories. When a malicious program is found, the software promptly deletes it.

I am attacked by everyday life events. I have trigger points that can instantly reinstate my resentments. The Tenth Step maintains and protects my serenity. I use it to prevent new and old resentments from developing by continuing to take my inventory and promptly admitting when I am wrong.

Firewalls protect computers from destructive viruses and unauthorized users. How can I prevent resentments? I've learned that by accepting others as they are and detaching with love, most of my resentments can be avoided.

11/22/2023

ODAAT

November is gratitude month….Gratitude day 22.
Those of you who know me best, know what today means to me.
All those years ago, believing i was hopeless, helpless and unlovable. Shaking and sweating, needing alcohol just to make it through the next hour, day, week ..really the next minute. Sitting in the center of a self imposed crisis I could no longer postpone or evade,I thought my life was over.
But it wasn't.
I had a singular moment, when ,gripped by something bigger than me, brought me hope I could change. I noticed the goodness and love that pervades the universe, which is constantly being shown by the people around us. I saw that by being willing to throw all of that which I thought I knew away, I could become teachable to that which I did not know. I realized that I could not only recover from my alcoholism, but I could help my fellow travelers to recover hope in their lives as well!!!
I have.
I have been privileged to help so many people back from the brink, that in this action I have been rewarded the one thing my life had been missing up until that fateful day.
Purpose.
So during this month of giving thanks, and personal rebirth for me…………. All I really want to say is THANK YOU
to all of those people who have trusted me to help them recover. Because without you all , I would not be the man I am today. ( and if you try to call to catch up today please don't take it personally if I don't immediately reply, I'm doing what I do which is bringing the opportunity to grasp those same freedoms to some people who are having trouble believing they can recover, then heading to the rescue mission to try to bring some hope to someone who really needs it .)
Because that’s what today really means to me, the day I’ve been gifted with the chance to help others to freedom.
One love
And thank you to way more people than I could ever cover on a social media post.

11/04/2023

Hey, November is gratitude month……
I am grateful for the time i spent on the dark side of life for without it I would never truly understand the light. For some people, like my wife, purpose and understanding seem to have been a natural state of affairs and something which came easy. Not the case for myself as I am an experiential learner. In the most basic phrasing I can use, I could not have become the man I am today in the absence of that which I am not. Every single mistake, every single misstep and every single bad choice I have ever made have taught me that I was not happy doing those things which in turn taught me to try other things. It was a process for me to discover my core principles and to learn to live by them. But the genius of life is that once you truly know something, you can never not know it again. This freed me to understand that I was never a product of my circumstances, which brought me the freedom to make and take responsibility for my choices. I guess, what im really saying is that I am grateful for being a bit of a slow learner, for in learning things slowly , i understand them and life, more thoroughly. Bless the darkness, and curse it not, for without it there is no understanding of that which the light truly is.
One love

01/20/2023

"Anticipation of death is worse than death itself"...Accept uncertainty. You will never control the outcome and it's a relief when you stop trying. Stress relating to the need to safely control outcomes is the thing standing in the way of your happiness. Step aside and let calm come on in. Relax, nothing is actually in control, except your response.

01/17/2023

Inside each of us is a voice. It is a quiet voice. It is a guiding voice. If we listen for it, it will guide us, and help us avoid disaster. It is especially active when we are afraid, when we are in doubt, when we are scared, when we need help, and when we get angry. If we are excited emotionally, it is hard to hear this voice. If we are angry, it's hard to hear this voice because it is usually quiet. The best thing we can do is to practice getting quiet. If we don't get quiet, there is another voice called the judge. It tells us to attack or say bad things to other people or to judge ourselves. This voice is loud and usually gets us into trouble. Which do you listen to?

01/16/2023

Passion doesn’t come from business or books or even a connection with another person.
It is a connection to your own life force, the world around you and the spirit that connects us all.
You are the source.
Books, work, music, people, sunsets , these all provide sparks,and may even help to guide towards your 💥
but only you can light the fire.

11/23/2022

November is gratitude month…..
I am grateful that I stopped chasing happiness and started focusing on bringing my best to each situation. Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business,
by bringing your best to each moment, each situation and every person you encounter, you’ll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.
See, when happiness is the goal, you are fundamentally saying “ I cannot be happy until ——-happens!” But happiness is a by-product of right living. So when you start living right, you start being happy regardless of any and all outside circumstances

11/16/2022

Its never the weight you carry today that is too heavy for you. It's Yesterday's weight, and the projected weight of tomorrow's load, being added to today's load, that breaks your back.

11/12/2022

November is gratitude month…
I am grateful for routine mornings and practical application of meditation. For far too many years sunrise signaled bedtime for me and generally in a state of mind which did not produce sound sleep. In early sobriety, I was advised to change " everything" and the first job was my sleep schedule. It was hard . I remember feeling like I would be missing out on something by going to bed early. I remember getting up early and feeling like there was nothing to do for hours. This was the direct result of my chattering monkey mind and my negative self dialogue working to keep me off balance. Enter meditation and the ability to calm myself into the moment, and observe my thoughts without having to take action on them. The lesson was and remains , People are not their thoughts. They think they are and it brings them all kinds of sadness. To believe you are your thoughts, and submit to that belief ,is to give up the power to change your outlook.
The mind is just a reflex organ. It reacts to everything. Fills your head with millions of random thoughts a day. None of those thoughts reveal any more about you than a freckle does at the end of your nose. Only thru the practice of daily meditation did I find myself capable of recognizing the ability to laugh at some of the ridiculous things I thought. With that laughter, I better understood that it was not my intentions, but my actions which mattered in life. When I stopped following thru with reactionary thoughts, I better defined not only who I was, but learned to act upon the principles that helped me define who I want to be. With more practice I realized I have an internal comedy show within my thoughts, which displays all of my fears and judgements. With meditation I have better learned to recognize them before reacting to them. As the negative self dialogue quieted , I allowed myself to throw away many of the labels I had accepted as the truth about who I am. I never would have guessed getting up early and embracing meditation would produce the kind of freedom I have experienced. 5 mins in the morning and I am calm within. Bonus , I’m also free to go to it when needed as the day progresses.

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