The American calendar year is riddled with holidays both big and small that come with a lot of drinking. Whether we have a day off work or an entire cultural celebration, we tend to go overboard with the party compensation. … Read More
Financial Goals: Saving Money
In regards to our finances as men who were living in active addiction, we usually fell somewhere along the gradient between one of two places. First, we had a “high functioning” life in which our finances were relatively in place, … Read More
Make Sobriety The Love Of Your Life
Many men in recovery have described their substance of choice as a love of their life. While people in recovery can go through a certain grieving process to mourn the loss of drugs or alcohol in their life, men have … Read More
Tips For Dealing With Temptation
We all have times in sobriety when staying sober feels much harder than we want it to. When temptation starts taking over our mind and our body, we can take action to make sure we don’t take another drink or … Read More
Will You Be Defined By The Past Or The Present?
Stand up straight and hold your arms out to your sides, like you are making a “T”. Now, imagine that the past is on your left hand side. Clutch your hand tight to symbolize the stronghold you keep on the … Read More
Self-Affirmation: Celebrating What Makes Us, Us
We’re told conflicting stories about our ego as men when it comes to our individuality. In recovery, we will hear terms like “terminally unique” which refers to the destructive way of thinking that tells us we are so unlike anyone … Read More
Worst Case Scenario: Don’t Pick Up A Drink Or A Drug
Addiction is a perplexing enigmatic conundrum. At once, the man who is addicted has been robbed of his ability to make good choices. Despite the relentless and guaranteed negative consequences which take place every time he picks up another drink … Read More
Training after Treatment
High intensity training throughout the addiction treatment stage can be tremendously beneficial, and not just because it keeps us in shape. When we train vigorously, our bodies produce huge amounts of endorphins that help us feel better, stronger, and revitalized. … Read More
Living Every Day Like a Champion
Striving for greatness and success doesn’t require extraordinary talent or resources. People who achieve great things weren’t marked by fate to succeed. No one knows, when he’s starting out, whether he has any chance of success of if he’s just … Read More
‘Tis the Season
The first few months of the new year offer a perfect opportunity for us to gear up for a new job. Many companies like to hire at the beginning of the first quarter, and job boards always seem stuffed with … Read More