Trust God Clean House Help Others To thine own self be true. Those 4 tried and true action steps are at the foundation of what I try to do with my life a day at a time. I received these most valuable action steps many years ago from a group of drunks like me, with…
Category: Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Your Day
Where we begin our day and where we end our day will determine our day… I was helping a friend recently who is dealing with an addiction. He has been in and out of recovery and sobriety for a number of years. He has everything it takes to make it because he wants to get…
Addiction
Addiction is a crazy process; you don’t want to stop when you can and you want to stop when you can’t… If the statement above is you, you CANNOT whip the addiction you are battling on your own. Addiction is whipped in conjunction with a higher power, and/or a network of friends and mentors who…
Who I Am
“I have found that the process of discovering who I really am begins with knowing who I really don’t want to be.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous Have you taken an inventory of yourself lately? A fearless and thorough moral inventory is the best way I know of finding out who I am and what traits I like…
It’s an Illness
“Mental illness is an equal-opportunity illness. Every one of us is impacted by mental illness. One in five adults are dealing with this illness, and many are not seeking help because the stigma prevents that.” ~Margaret Larson Robin Williams’ suicide has brought more attention to mental illness in the last couple of days than any…
Invisibly Broken
With the recent loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman to a drug overdose I find myself sometimes thinking we are fighting a losing battle against the drug epidemic here in the U.S. People are dropping like flies and young people are being turned onto heroin at an alarming rate. We have a country that not only…
Daily focalPOINT – Habit to Addiction
“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” ~Samuel Johnson …and when they are too strong to be broken they are called an addiction. The best cure for any bad habit turned addiction is to turn to God and seek His help early and often…
Hi…
…my name is the United States of America and I have a spending problem.” It is time for a little “random thought” blog. The other day I was doing something I try very hard to not do, I was watching the news. Our country’s politicians are having yet another debate/negotiation/acting like babies over raising the…
The Advantage
“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.” ~Buddha Sometimes I feel guilty because of an advantage I have on many people. The advantage comes from screwing my life up so bad twenty-six years ago that I was laying flat on my back with nowhere…
Determine Your Day*
Where we begin our day and where we end our day will determine our day… I was helping a friend the other day who is dealing with an addiction. He has been in and out of recovery and sobriety for a number of years. He has everything it takes to make it because he wants…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.